<p>List of Contributors xxix</p> <p>Foreword xxxvii</p> <p>Preface xxxix</p> <p>Acknowledgments xli</p> <p><b>Section 1 Notable Developments in Chinese Aquaculture in the Past Few Decades 1</b></p> <p>1.1 Contribution of Chinese Aquaculture to the Sector, Globally, and to Overall Food Security 3<br /><i>Jiansan Jia, Weiming Miao, Junning Cai, and Xinhua Yuan</i></p> <p>1.2 Inland Aquaculture: Trends and Prospects 25<br /><i>Zhongjie Li, Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, and Sena S. De Silva</i></p> <p>1.3 Mariculture: Developments, Present Status and Prospects 38<br /><i>Qingyin Wang, Hui Liu, and Juan Sui</i></p> <p>1.4 Chinese Aquaculture: Its Contribution to Rural Development and the Economy 55<br /><i>Ningsheng Yang</i></p> <p>1.5 Species Composition in Chinese Aquaculture with Reference to Trophic Level of Cultured Species 70<br /><i>Qisheng Tang, Dong Han, Xiujuan Shan, Wenbing Zhang, and Yuze Mao</i></p> <p><b>Section 2 Traditionally Farmed Species/Species Groups and Farming Practices 93</b></p> <p>2.1 Grass Carp: The Fish that Feeds Half of China 95<br /><i>Congxin Xie, Jiale Li, Dapeng Li, Yubang Shen, Yu Gao, and Zhimin Zhang</i></p> <p>2.2 Typical Cases of Silver Carp Culture 116<br /><i>Guiwei Zou, Dan Wang, and Xiangzhong Luo</i></p> <p>2.3 Developments in Common Carp Culture and Selective Breeding of New Varieties 125<br /><i>Xuesong Hu, Yanlong Ge, Chitao Li, Zhiying Jia, Mei Shang, Shihui Wang, and Lianyu Shi</i></p> <p>2.4 Crucian Carp and Gibel Carp Culture 149<br /><i>Zhou Li, Zhong?]Wei Wang, Yang Wang, and Jian?]Fang Gui</i></p> <p>2.5 Recent Developments in Bream Culture: Culture Systems and Genetic Improvement 158<br /><i>Weimin Wang and Zexia Gao</i></p> <p>2.6 Integrated Rice?]Field Aquaculture in China, A Long?]Standing Practice, with Recent Leapfrog Developments 174<br /><i>Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, Jing Yuan, Tanglin Zhang, Shaowen Ye, Wei Li, Zhongjie Li, and Jian?]Fang Gui</i></p> <p><b>Section 3 Emerging Cultured Species/Species Groups 185</b></p> <p>3.1 Freshwater Pearl Culture 187<br /><i>Jiale Li, Xiaoping Wu, and Zhiyi Bai</i></p> <p>3.2 Chinese mitten Crab Culture: Current Status and Recent Progress Towards Sustainable Development 197<br /><i>Yongxu Cheng, Xugan Wu, and Jiayao Li</i></p> <p>3.3 Culture of the Oriental River Prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) 218<br /><i>Fu Hongtuo and Shubo Jin</i></p> <p>3.4 Mud Crab, Scylla paramamosain China’s Leading Maricultured Crab 226<br /><i>Yuanyou Li, Chunxiang Ai, and Lijie Liu</i></p> <p>3.5 Sturgeon Culture: Status and Practices 234<br /><i>Deguo Yang, Guojun Ma, and Dajiang Sun</i></p> <p>3.6 Snakehead Culture 246<br /><i>Xiuqi Li, Qinglei Meng, and Nan Xie</i></p> <p>3.7 Mandarin Fish Culture: Status and Development Prospects 256<br /><i>Guocheng Yao, and Wei Li</i></p> <p>3.8 The Success of Yellow Catfish Aquaculture in China: From Rare Wild Fish to Popular Farmed Fish 270<br /><i>Dapeng Li, Congxin Xie, Xugang He, Rong Tan, Xing Tian, Zhimin Zhang, and Yu Gao</i></p> <p>3.9 Aquaculture of the Paddy Eel, Monopterus albus 283<br /><i>Daiqin Yang, Fang Chen, and Guoliang Ruan</i></p> <p>3.10 Aquaculture of the Large Yellow Croaker 297<br /><i>Shixi Chen, Yongquan Su, and Wanshu Hong</i></p> <p>3.11 Flatfish Farming 309<br /><i>Changtao Guan, Yuxia Ding, Aijun Ma, Yufen Wang, Jun Li, Qi Ni, Xuezhou Liu, Qiyao Wang, Kangsen Mai,</i> <i>Hong Lin, Bin Huang, and Zhengyong Yang</i></p> <p>3.12 Rabbitfish – an Emerging Herbivorous Marine Aquaculture Species 329<br /><i>Yuanyou Li, Qinghao Zhang, and Yang Liu</i></p> <p>3.13 Soft?]Shelled Turtle Culture 335<br /><i>Zhong Yang He, and Haiqi Zhang</i></p> <p>3.14 Hard?]Shelled Turtle Culture 353<br /><i>Xinping Zhu and Jian Zhao</i></p> <p><b>Section 4 Alien Species in Chinese Aquaculture 363</b></p> <p>4.1 Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) Cultivation in China: A Decade of Unprecedented Development 365<br /><i>Qidong Wang, Huaiyu Ding, Zhonghu Tao, and Dawen Ma</i></p> <p>4.2 Development of the Culture of the White?]Legged Shrimp, Penaeus vannamei 378<br /><i>Xiaohan Chen and Jianhua Xiong</i></p> <p>4.3 Channel Catfish Culture 393<br /><i>Dapeng Li, Congxin Xie, Xugang He, Chenglong Qi, Yu Gao, and Xiao Liang</i></p> <p>4.4 Status and Trends of the Tilapia Farming Industry Development 404<br /><i>Pao Xu and Junchao Ming</i></p> <p>4.5 Development of Largemouth Bass (Micropterus salmoides) Culture 421<br /><i>Junjie Bai and Shengjie Li</i></p> <p><b>Section 5 Developments in Feeds in Chinese Aquaculture 431</b></p> <p>5.1 Feed Developments in Freshwater Aquaculture 433<br /><i>Shouqi Xie, Dong Han, Yong Yang, and Song Zhang</i></p> <p>5.2 Feed Developments in Mariculture 451<br /><i>Kangsen Mai and Wenbing Zhang</i></p> <p><b>Section 6 Genetic Breeding and Seed Industry 463</b></p> <p>6.1 Applications of Genetic Breeding Biotechnologies in Chinese Aquaculture 465<br /><i>Li Zhou and Jian?]Fang Gui</i></p> <p>6.2 Half?]Smooth Tongue Sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis): Whole Genome Sequencing to Molecular Sex Control 497<br /><i>Song Lin Chen and Qian Zhou</i></p> <p>6.3 Stock Enhancement and Genetic Preservation of Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis) in the Yangtze River Estuary 514<br /><i>Guangpeng Feng and Ping Zhuang</i></p> <p>6.4 Enhancing Aquaculture Through Artificial Propagation: Freshwater Fish Fry and Fingerling Production 527<br /><i>Xinhui Li and Yuguo Xia</i></p> <p><b>Section 7 Environmental-Related Issues in Chinese Aquaculture 541</b></p> <p>7.1 Multi-Trophic Mariculture Practices in Coastal Waters 543<br /><i>Jihong Zhang, Changzi Ge, Jianguang Fang, and Qisheng Tang</i></p> <p>7.2 Ecological Engineering Technologies for Optimizing Freshwater Pond Aquaculture 555<br /><i>Xing-guo Liu, Hao Xu, and Chong Liu</i></p> <p>7.3 Disease Prevention and Control 577<br /><i>Lang Gui and Qi-Ya Zhang</i></p> <p>7.4 Development of Lake and Reservoir Aquaculture Related Practices in China 599<br /><i>Jiashou Liu, Qidong Wang, Tanglin Zhang, Shaowen Ye, Wei Li, Jing Yuan, and Zhongjie Li</i></p> <p>7.5 In Situ Conservation of Aquatic Genetic Resources and Associated Reserves 611<br /><i>Wenbo Yang, Kun Cao, Fang Ding, Yingren Li, and Jilong Li</i></p> <p><b>Section 8 Development Strategies and Prospects 629</b></p> <p>8.1 Development Strategies and Prospects – Driving Forces and Sustainable Development of Chinese Aquaculture 631<br /><i>Qisheng Tang and Hui Liu</i></p> <p>Index 647</p>