Salmon aquaculture has been one of the fastest growing industries in temperate ocean waters throughout the world. This book explains the background to the industry and the present state of knowledge with the aim of providing sufficient understanding and insight to anticipate and perhaps guide its future development. Major biological, technical and economic topics, ranging from broodstock to market, are described and discussed.

Contributors. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. An Overview of Salmon Aquaculture. (Robert L. Monahan). 2. The Distribution of Salmon Aquaculture. (Knut Heen, John Thorpe, Neil Ridler, Robert L. Monahan, Conrad Mahnken and Jon Lindbergh). 3. Developments in Salmon Aquaculture Technology. (Ludvig Karlsen). 4. Nutrition, Diet Formulation and Feeding Practices. (Malcolm Jobling). 5. Environmental Considerations (Jeff Wallace). 6. Genetic Effects of Aquaculture on Natural Salmonid Populations. (Fred Utter, Kjetil Hindar and Nils Ryman). 7. Salmon Disease. (Jan A. Olafsen and Ronald J. Roberts). 8. Breeding and Selection. (Bjarne Gjerde). 9. The Regulation of Salmon Aquaculture: an International Overview. (Richard Schwidt with Trond Bjorndal). 10. Comparative Analysis of the Cost Structure and Profitability in the Salmon Aquaculture Industry. (Knut Heen). 11. Salmon Sea Farm Management : Basic Economic Concepts and Applications. (Trond Bjorndal and Russell S. Uhler). 12. Marketing. (Susan A. Shaw. Index.