Note: Front Cover -- Reproductive Biotechnology in Finfish Aquaculture -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Effects of stress on fish reproduction, gamete quality, and progeny -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Effects of stress on adult physiology and quality -- 3. Variation in the physiological and organismic stress response -- 4. A progeny-protecting system: a modest proposal -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Chapter 2. Effect of broodstock nutrition on reproductive performance of fish -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Effect of food restriction -- 3. Effects of nutrition on fecundity of broodstock fish -- 4. Effect of broodstock nutrition on fertilization -- 5. Effect of broodstock nutrition on embryo development -- 6. Effects of broodstock nutrition on larval quality -- 7. Timing of broodstock nutrition -- 8. Valuable ingredients for broodstock diets -- 9. Broodstock feeding practices -- 10. Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 3. Genetics and broodstock management of coho salmon -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Materials and methods -- 3. Results -- 4. Discussion -- References -- Chapter 4. The environmental regulation of maturation in farmed finfish with special reference to the role of photoperiod and melatonin -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Seasonally-changing light regimes -- 3. Constant photoperiod regimes -- 4. Direction of change of daylength and photoperiodic history -- 5. Endogenous biological clocks or rhythms -- 6. Photoperiod-temperature interactions -- 7. Effects of salinity -- 8. Effects of fish size/nutritional status -- 9. Melatonin secretion and the timing of reproduction -- 10. Transduction of photoperiodic information to the reproductive axis -- 11. Application of photoperiod techniques to aquaculture -- 12. Overall conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References. , Chapter 5. Endocrine manipulations of spawning in cultured fish: from hormones to genes -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Reproductive dysfunctions of cultured fish -- 3. Hormonal induction of ovulation and spawning -- 4. Next generation of spawning induction therapies -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6. Disease prevention and control for gametes and embryos of fish and marine shrimp -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Vertically transmitted pathogens -- 3. Methods for prevention and control -- 4. Saprophytic infections of embryos during incubation -- 5. Cryopreservation of gametes -- 6. Summary and conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 7. Cryopreservation of finfish and shellfish gametes and embryos -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Cryopreservation research-Taiwan as an example -- 3. Recent advances in cryopreservation research -- 4. Cryopreservation research directions -- 5. Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8. The role of aquatic biotechnology in aquaculture -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Discussion -- 3. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Genetic improvement of aquaculture finfish species by chromosome manipulation techniques in Japan -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Application of polyploid techniques for aquaculture -- 3. Application of gynogenetic and androgenetic techniques to aquaculture -- 4. The use of chromosome manipulations to investigate sex-determining systems -- 5. Regulation of the use of chromosomally manipulated fish in Japan -- 6. Final remarks for further integration with molecular techniques -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10. Endocrine sex control strategies for the feminization of teleost fish -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Sex in fish -- 3. Feminization strategies -- 4. Hormonal treatments. , 5. Clearance of steroids -- 6. Evaluation of oestrogen effects -- 7. Selected families -- 8. Regulatory issues -- 9. Recommendations for treating new species -- 10. Conclusions and future prospects -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 11. Monosex male production in finfish as exemplified by tilapia: applications, problems, and prospects -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Natural variation in sex ratio -- 3. Benefits of monosex culture -- 4. Methods for production of monosex males -- 5. Production of genetically male Nile tilapia monosex (GMT) -- 6. Monosex male culture in other species -- 7. Conclusions: problems and potential for the future -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 12. General discussion on "Reproductive biotechnology in finfish aquaculture -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Stress -- 3. Broodstock nutrition -- 4. Genetics -- 5. Environment -- 6. Endocrine regulation of spawning -- 7. Disease prevention and control -- 8. Cryopreservation -- 9. Biotechnology /transgenics -- 10. Chromosome manipulation -- 11. Sex control -- Keyword Index.