Atlantic Salmon - Salmo salar Range - Atlantic Basin, Northern Russia, Northern Europe, Iceland, Canada & US. Iteroparous (Repeated Spawns) vs Semelparous Famous Game Fish - Industrialization Wrecked Habitat. Many Populations Endangered Extremely Well Studied - Oncorhynchus mykiss Rainbow Trout - Almost as Well Studied.Commercial Operations Major Species: Atlantics & Silvers (Cohos) Grow Out in 10 - 12 Months Feeding - Several Times / Day - Automated Many Farms: Norway, Scotland, Chile, Canada Major Virus Outbreak Chile - ISA Chile Supplies Much Farmed Salmon to USAtlantic Salmon Pens ChileChile Salmon Pens - Lago LlanquihueSalmon Pen Harvest ChileAtlantic Salmon Pens New ZealandAquaculture Salmon HarvestBleeding Out FishAquaculture Salmon ProcessingAquaculture Salmon FilletingAquaculture Salmon vs Wild Harvest 1980 Price for Wild Salmon All Time High Alaska Pinks = $1.00 per pound. 2008 Price for Pink Salmon ~ $0.25 per Lb. Difference was Aquacultured Salmon Farmed Salmon 2001 - 1.1 Mmt Alaska Wild Harvest 2001 - 0.73 Mmt 2003 Farmed Salmon Doubled = 1.465 MmtScottish Salmon FarmRainbow Trout FarmCarp Numerous Species in Family Cyprinidae All Can Survive on Plant Based Foods Growth Accelerated with Animal Feeds In Aquaculture for Thousands of Years. Not Popular W. Europe & N. America Numerous Ornamental Species eg. Goldfish & KoiCarp AquacultureIraqi Carp PondsPapua New Guinea Carp FarmSilver Carp 1Silver Carp 2Harvested CarpCarp China - KoiTilapia Aquaculture 2nd Most Important Species After Carp ~100 Species Originally Centered in Africa Among Easiest & Most Profitable to Farm FAO: Production at Greater than 1.5 Mmt China Largest Producer - Egypt Second Tilapia: Plant Control Method of Choice Kenya: Tilapia Control Mosquito LarvaeFarmed Tilapia Enormous Output in China Alone Tilapia Eclipsed Pollock as Most Abundant Grows Well on Plant Only Diets White Flesh Familiar to Most Consumers Relatively Tolerant of Marginal Conditions Huge Gene Pool - Good Disease Resistance Bethel AK 2005 Frozen Tilapia InexpensiveTilapiaTilapia: Cichlid Genus with Many SpeciesTilapia Aquaculture GhanaTilapia Hatchery MalawiRaising Small TilapiaEarly Grow Out TilapiaTilapia HarvestFarm Raised TilapiaChannel CatfishCatfish Ponds (Texas)Aeration Catfish PondsAeration TechnologyCatfish Minnow ShedHand Harvest CatfishBrailing Catfish HarvestLoading Catfish Transport TrucksChannel Catfish Major American FW Aquaculture Species 115,000 Acres in Production, 994 Farms 2009 202,773 mt Harvested - Value $373 Million Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas & Texas 93% Average Producer Price ~ 78¢ per lb.Catfish Ponds (Texas)Aeration Catfish PondsOther Aeration TechnologyCatfish Minnow ShedHand Harvest CatfishBrailing Catfish HarvestLoading Catfish Transport TrucksTop 10 Aquaculture Producers 2004 all species - million metric tonsChina 30.61 Japan 0.78 India 2.47 Chile 0.67 Viet Nam 1.20 Norway 0.64 Thailand 1.17 US 0.61 Indonesia 1.05 Others 5.35 Bangladesh 0.91 Total 45.472004 Top 10 Species Groupsmillion metric tonsCarp 18.30 Salmon 1.98 Oysters 4.60 Mussels 1.86 Clams 4.12 Tilapia 1.82 FW Fish 3.74 Scallops 1.17 Shrimp 2.48 Snails etc 1.07Shrimp Aquaculture Major Species: All Penaeid - All Saltwater Pacific White Shrimp: Litopenaeus vannamei Giant Tiger Prawn: Penaeus monodon Kuruma (Japan & Taiwan): Penaeus japonicus In Japan, Prices Reach $220 per kg. Western Blue Shrimp: Penaeus stylirostris Central America Wiped Out Late 1980s China White Shrimp: Penaeus chinensis Chinese Farms Wiped Out 1993 back 2009Shrimp Life Cycle Females Produce 50,000 to 1 Million Eggs Release + 1 Day, Hatch: Nauplii eat Yolk Sac Metamorphose: Zoea eat Phytoplankton Metamorphose: Mysis eat Zoo- & P-plankton Metamorphose: Juvenile Shrimp. After 2 or 3 Molts: Become Males (Protandry) After 5-7 Molts: Become Females with Eggs Eggs Need More Energy - Bigger FemalesShrimp Farming Marine but Usually Pond Culture Purchase Juveniles from Hatcheries Use Micro Particulate Feeds Very Good FCR ~ 1.2:1 Co Culture with Bivalves Harvest only Largest - Use Mesh Allowing Only Largest Females to be CaughtShrimp HatcheryShrimp PondsAerating Shrimp Ponds IAerating with PaddlewheelsLarge Penaeid Shrimp JavaPacific White ShrimpTiger ShrimpPercent Total Dietary Protein, by Region, Derived from Fish 1. US Canada ~ 7 % 2. Europe ~ 11% 3. Africa ~ 17% 4. Asia ~ 26% 5. South America -