Genetics and Breeding of marine finfish culture in Asia

Abstract

At present, more than one hundred marine finfish has been examined for breeding and seed production in Asian Countries. Some species such as red sea bream Pagrus major, red snapper (Lutjanus spp.), flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), groupers (Epinephelus spp., Cromileptes altivelis), sea bass (Lates calcarifer) and milk fish (Chanos chanos) are the most important species for mariculture. A large number of seed of those species have been produced for cage culture and marine ranching. Progress in marine finfish genetic and biotechnological research has been slow because of lack of knowledge on fundamental aspects of their biology. Research and development efforts aimed at improve the seed quality genetically are underway. Retarded growth, morphological deformities, increase incidence of diseases and mortality of hatchery produced seeds have been reported. The present paper is review of recent development in marine finfish breeding and genetic. © 2002, The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science. All rights reserved.