Aquatic Food Security

Aquatic Food Security explores a range of issues related to this subject using global examples to illustrate both strengths and weaknesses within the existing aquatic food supply chain. This is already an area of vital importance and it will increase in importance as the aquaculture industry grows for the foreseeable future. The book covers topics such as the role of intensification in global aquaculture production, the importance of nutrition and selective breeding, diseases and public health considerations, the role of markets and of processing and retail sectors and quality issues in our global seafood. Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Contributors Abbreviations 1 Introduction to global aquatic food security 2 The role of intensification in global aquaculture production 3 The importance of nutrition and selective breeding in aquaculture production 4 Aquaculture production now and in the future – an ecosystem perspective 5 Production-level diseases and public health considerations in aquaculture 6 Global aquatic food production 7 The role of markets in global aquatic food security 8 The role of processing and retail sectors in aquatic food security 9 Raw seafood practices, risk and public health in Southeast Asia 10 Aquatic food safety 11 Quality issues in our global seafood 12 Horizon scanning for aquatic food security Index