Tilapia Farming

Dr. M. Gulam Hussain is Asia Regional Coordinator for Mississippi State University’s Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish, a USAID-funded project. He obtained his BSc and MSc in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Management from Bangladesh Agricultural University and his PhD in Aquaculture from Stirling University’s Institute of Aquaculture. Dr. Hussain brings more than 35 years of research and development experience in aquaculture, fish genetics and biotechnology, fish hatchery management, quality mass seed production, blue economy, and marine and coastal ecosystems. In his current position as Asia Regional Coordinator, he oversees seven aquaculture and fisheries projects across Bangladesh and Cambodia to identify and implement priority research areas in aquaculture, fisheries, and associated socioeconomic aspects. Other notable professional assignments include Fisheries and Aquaculture Specialist with the FAO Investment Centre Division in Rome, Italy (2020) and Key Fisheries and Aquaculture Expert with the EU-BGD collaboration on Blue Economy in Bangladesh (2018).

Part I: Global Context 1. Introduction 2. Global Tilapia Farming – An Overview Part II: Biology and Breeding Plans for Tilapia Hatchery Stocks 3. General Biology and Physiology of Tilapia 4. Brood Stock, Replacement, Selection and Breeding Plans for Tilapia Hatchery Stocks 5. Ploidy Manipulation and Production of All-Sterile Female and Male Population 6. Development and Operation of Mixed Sex and Monosex Commercial Tilapia Seed Production Systems 7. Body Color Inheritance and Development of Purebred Strains of Red Tilapia 8. Development and Operation of Semi-Intensive Tilapia Culture Systems 9. Development and Operation of Intensive Tilapia Culture Systems Part III: Industry Advancements and Future Prospects 10. Novel Tilapia Farming Technologies 11. Tilapia Feeds and Feeding 12. Tilapia Health Management, Major Diseases and Their Control Measures 13. Food Safety and Microbial Hazards in Tilapia Supply Chains 14. Processing, Trade and Marketing of Tilapia 15. Strategies and Prospects of Frontier Development of Tilapia Aquaculture