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Aquaculture: The Farming and Husbandry of

Freshwater and Marine Organisms
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Kermit E. Sneed
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 Book Review
Aquaculture: The Farming and Husbandry of Fresh-
water and Marine Organisms.
By John E. Bardach, John H. Ryther, and Wm. O.
McLarney. John Wiley & Sons,N.Y. 1972. 868 p.
This comprehensive aquaculture reference
book is indeed a necessary and valuable contri-
bution to the English literature of a fast.grow-
ing enterprise in the United States and other
countries, both in research and profit oriented
industries.
The book is voluminous and contains
pages, including three very adequate indexes
and 43 chapters. The subject matter covers
warm- and cold-water fish, marine species (both
vertebrate and invertebrate), frog culture, and
experimental culture of promising species
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Wildlife, is referenced in at least three differ-
ent ways. In addition, personal opinions or ob-
servations are often given equal weight to
information from properly documented pub-
lished papers. A major reference on American
warmwater fish culture, "Report to the Fish
Farmers" (1970), is not cited.
In the sections on handling and treating fish
for diseases, chemicals and procedures are
listed which are applicable only under very nar-
rowly defined conditions. No warning is given
regarding the effects of water conditions,
868 species of fish, or government regulations for
the use of chemicals in fish ponds or tanks.
Some tables related to production, stocking
rates, diets, and feeding are in gross error.
Table 1, page 169, lists minimum-total calories
as 540/kg and calories for protein as 243/kg.

These should read 2,000 and 1,070 respectively.

which heretofore have been inadequately
Table 10, pages 182-183, is not usable. For
studied. Longer chapters and more attention is
instance, line one, page 183, the stocking rate
given to those species which are well-known,
at Stuttgart, Ark., is given as 600/Ha and the
such as salmonoids, Asiatic carps, common
size at harvest as 0.57 kg. Stocking rate (if
carp, catfishes, and Tilapia.
100 percent were recovered) multiplied by 0.57
The book's strongest feature is its read-
yields 342 kg total harvest, yet a figure of 1,527
ability; the language used is appropriate for a
broad audience.
kg/Ha is given. The same is true of other
figures in this table. Apparently, hectares and
In contrast to the credits, the book appears
acres and pounds and kilograms as well as con-
to have been inadequately edited by knowl-
version factors have been confused, perhaps
edgeable people in constant touch with the
through clerical error. However, one must as-
aquacultural industries. It appears to be com-
sume that if such errors exist here, they possi-
piled from notestaken during travels; and, as
bly occur elsewhere in the text and tabulated
a result, some of the information is inaccurate
material. These and other errors should be
and poorly substantiated. The authors fre-
quickly corrected by errata sheets or revisions.
quently list outdated procedures or references
and overlook more recent information. An ex-
In spite of these criticisms, the book is a
worthy addition to any university or research
ample is the citation of Davis (1953) as the
library. However, due to its cost ($37.50), its
reference on diseasesand parasites, rather than
the more recent works of Reichenbach-Klenke purchase by individuals will undoubtedly be
limited sincethey are usually interested in only
and Elkan (1965), Conroyand Herman (1970),
one or two species in aquaculture.
Sarig (1971), and others. Also, since many
references or sources of information are so
poorly or improperly cited, it is difficult to con- wKERMIT E. SNEED,U.S. Bureau o[ Sport
nect the reference source with information Fisheries and Wildli[e, Fish Farming
given. For example, the Fish Farming Experi- Experimental Station, Stuttgart, Ark.
mental Station, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and 72160.

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