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Recirculating Aquaculture, 2nd Edition

The objectives of this text are the practical application of aquacultural engineering and how to design, construct, and manage an aquatic production system. It provides the reader with essential information necessary to get started in aquaculture production and i t emphasizes practical information rather than in-depth theoretical discussions. It does not provide the reader with information on genetics, basic biology, marketing, and all of the other areas important to development of a successful aquaculture operation. Many of these topics arc touched on in the text, but are presented only in sufficient detail to allow the reader to understand the relationship of each of these aspects to productio n of fish. There i s n o the attempt to present in-depth discussions of these topics. Rather the object is to provide sufficient information so the reader can: 1) look at a system and make a good judgment as to how well the systems wi ll operate, 2) work with a systems designer to develop an aquatic production s ystem of your own, and 3) know what to look for when shopping for aquacultural production systems. The authors of this text combined have over 50 years of experience in aquacultural

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