Basic Principles of Aquaculture Species, Economics, Water Sources Water Systems, Conservative & Non-Conservative Aspects Water Quality, Feeds Nutrition & Growth Reproduction & Genetics, Disease & Predation Harvesting Hauling & Processing Environmental Concerns
Feeds Nutrition & Growth II Energy & Growth Protein, Lipid, Carbohydrate, Micronutrients Other Factors Binders, Attractants, Pigments, Off Flavors Strategies for Offering Prepared Feeds FCR & FC Efficiency, Feeding Rate, Frequency & Their Interactions Methods of Presenting Feeds Adjusting Feeding Rates
Reproduction, Selection & Genetics Spawning Techniques Larval Rearing Techniques Hormone Spawning Sex Control Hybridization, Triploidy, Gynogenesis Selective Breeding Genetics & Genetic Engineering
Disease Predation & Cannibalism I Mortality in Aquaculture Sanitation Treatment & Prevention Methodology Vaccines, Isolation, Chemical Control, Calculation of Treatment Levels Examination for Disease Common Aquaculture Diseases Viral, Bacterial, Fungal, Protozoan
Disease Predation & Cannibalism II Common Parasites Helminths Nematode, Tapeworm, Flatworm Copepods Predation - from Land, Sea & Air Cannibalism
Harvesting Hauling & Processing Harvesting Culture Systems Intensive, Extensive, Specialized Techniques - Anesthesia Live Hauling Minimizing Stress Depuration Fee Fishing Processing & Marketing
Common Environmental Concerns 1. Water Flow Considerations 2. Parasites - Native Populations Nearby 3. Pollution from Effluent 4. Handling Escapees 5. Unhealthy Culture Conditions
Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
Carp Aquaculture 1. Largest Volume of All Aquaculture Species 2. Cyprinus carpio: Eastern European species, in Danube Drainage, then Roman Europe. 3. In Culture for More than 2,500 years 475 BC Fan Lei - Carp Aquaculture 100 BC - 400 AD Romans Aquaculture Carp 4. Considerable Number of Small Farms Eastern Europe, India, China
Carp Aquaculture Reference Billard, R., (ed.) 1999. Carp: Biology and Culture. Springer-Praxis Series in Aquaculture and Fisheries. Praxis Publishing, 342 pps. (Translated from the 1995 French by Dr. Lindsay Laird, Univ. Aberdeen, UK.)
Carp Aquaculture Roman Aquarium & Fish Farm
Carp Aquaculture Small Scale European Carp Farming
Carp Aquaculture Carp Aqua Production Probably >20 Mmt / yr Salmon Aquaculture ~ 2.2 Mmt per year Term Carp is a grade not a taxon. Carp are Members of the Family Cyprinidae 36 genera 280 species, 118 in 1 genus 15 Species account for Most Aqua Production
Abundant Aquacultured Carp Species 1. Common Carp Cyprinus carpio 2. Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix 3. Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella 4. Mud Carp Cirrhina molitorella 5. Bighead Carp Aristichthys nobilis 6. Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus 7. Catla Catla catla 8. Calbassu Labeo calbasu 9. Rohu Labeo rohita 10. Mrigal Cirrhinus mrigala 11. White Amur Bream Parabramis pekinensis 12. Crucian Carp Carassius carassius 13. Goldfish Carassius auratus 14. Tench Tinca tinca 15. Roach Rutilus rutilus
Common Carp Cyprinus carpio
Silver Carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Silver Carp - Illinois River Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella
Mud Carp Cirrhinus molitorella
Bighead Carp Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Black Carp Mylopharygodon piceus
Catla (Indian) Carp Catla catla
Calbassu Carp Labeo calbasu
Rohu Carp Labeo rohita
Mrigal Carp Cirrhinus mrigala
White Amur Bream Parabramis pekinensis
Crucian Carp Carassius carassius
Goldfish (not Koi) Carassius auratus
Tench Tinca tinca
Roach Rutilis rutilis
Carp General Observations Unpopular as a Food Fish in North America But Popular as Food In Europe & Asia Higher Lipid Levels, Can Bring Off Flavors Production Includes 15 Different Species Term Carp used as a grade like salmon Production Numbers Are a Guess - Accurate Data Nearly Impossible to Find Huge % of Production is from Small Ponds Mom and Pop Operations
Carp Life Cycle Closed Carp Whose Life Cycles have been Closed Cyprinus carpio (common carp) Carassius carassius (crucian carp) Carassius auratus (goldfish) Control Over All Life History Stages Can Include Stage Specific Requirements Control Over Reproduction - Produce Viable Offspring from Cultured Parents
Carp Aquaculture China Carp Pond
Carp Aquaculture Carp Juvenile Pedicure
Carp Aquaculture Czech Carp Harvest
Carp Aquaculture Krakow Selling Aquacultured Carp
Carp Aquaculture Trebon Harvesting Brail
Aquaculture Water Quality Secchi Disc Measuring Turbidity
Carp Aquaculture
Carp Aquaculture
Carp Pituitary Extracts
Structure of Fish Eggs
SEM of Fertilization Artificial Colors
Fertilization
Egg Cortical Reaction Butterfly Egg
Carp Eggs Zoug Jars
Carp Embryo Hatching
Carp Life Cycle Common Carp Juvenile
Goldfish Juveniles