In this chapter the effect of climate change on ionoregulation in fishes was discussed. Ionoregulation in fishes is essential for survival and success, and osmoregulatory failure is often observed as a precursor to death. The two main climate change factors that are considered in this chapter are:...

The Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) is one of the most extensively studied and widely distributed viruses infecting marine and freshwater fishes. The geographical distribution; economic impacts of IPNV; diagnosis of the infection; pathology; pathophysiology; and the protective and...

The Suez Canal is the main pathway of introduction of alien species into the Mediterranean Sea. Its successive enlargements left the entire sea prone to colonization by highly impacting invasive alien species, including poisonous and venomous ones. The temporal and spatial extent of occurrence in...

The third edition of this book contains 9 chapters that define aquaculture, the different types of aquaculture systems, how to get started, maintaining water quality, disease prevention and control, reproduction, feeding and feed quality and some general and specific farm management procedures and...

This chapter presents the viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases of warm water fish cultured in floating net pens and cages. Focus is given on the life cycle, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and impact on fish production of these diseases.

This chapter focuses on the adaptive physiological and ecological responses to warming in cold-temperate marine ectotherms. To understand centrally important traits of thermal tolerance, adaptive traits that restrict the capacities of cold stenotherms from Antarctic environments to acclimatize to...

This chapter focuses on the main marine pathogens (bacteria, fungi oomycetes, virus and parasites) that impact the production of coldwater fish in marine and brackish water. The main viral diseases that have been reported to cause problems to cage culture in marine or brackish water, their clinical ...

The concept and assessment of overcapacity, overfishing and sustainability of small-scale marine fisheries and the socioeconomic effects on fishing communities are discussed.

This chapter discusses the maintenance of hydromineral balance, involving osmoregulation, water balance, ion balance, salt uptake and adaptation to sea water in fishes. Diseases that injure the barrier functions of the gills, skin and intestinal endothelium may result in osmoregulatory difficulties ...

The aetiology, diagnosis, geographical distribution, economic importance, genetic traits, pathogenesis, control, treatment and epizootiology of the major viral diseases and agents of cultured cyprinid fishes, warm-freshwater fishes, and warm water marine fishes were discussed.