Aplicació de la biotecnologia a l'aqüicultura Authors Francesc Piferrer i Circuns Lluís Tort Ana Gómez Antonio Figueras Abstract Aquaculture is increasingly becoming more relevant for the supply of animal protein of aquatic origin in a world where capture fisheries has reached an all-time maximum in annual landings due to overfishing of the oceans. Furthermore, there is a sustained increase in both the human population and the requirement of this population for food supplies of aquatic origin. In this context, aquaculture is becoming a food sector increasingly technified and industrialized. The contribution of biotechnology to aquaculture is still incipient but it holds a great deal of promise. Here, several applications of biotechnology to aquaculture are reviewed, some of them already being applied commercially, others still in the development phase. These applications include the control of reproduction sex control, production of polyploids and clonal lines, and xenotransplantation of the germinal line; growth controlproduction of transgenics for superior growth or adapted to extreme environments; disease preventionDNA vaccines and pathogen detection; and the providing of optimal growth conditionsstress and environment monitoring. These applications must ensure the welfare of the farmed animals and the quality products that one expects from aquaculture, all in a context of sustainable production respectful with the environment. Downloads Text complet (Català) Published 2009-02-16 Issue 58, 2007 : Les biotecnologies / Pere Puigdomènech i Francesc Gòdia, editors Section Les aplicacions: salut, alimentació, indústria i medi ambient License The intellectual property of the articles belongs to the respective authors. At the time of submitting the articles to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, authors accept the following terms: — Authors assign to the SCB (a subsidiary of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans) the rights of reproduction, public communication (including communication through social networks) and distribution of the articles submitted for publication to Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia, in any form and medium, including digital platforms. The Publications Committee reserves the right to accept or refuse submitted articles and the right to make any editorial changes it deems appropriate. If the suggested changes are accepted by authors, they should re-submit the article with such changes. — Authors answer to the SCB for the authorship and originality of submitted articles. In other words, authors assure that submitted articles do not contain fragments of works by other authors or fragments of their own previously published works; that the content of articles is original, and that the copyright of third parties is not infringed upon. Authors accept this responsibility and undertake to hold harmless the SCB for any loss or damage resulting from non-compliance with this obligation. Furthermore, they should include a statement in articles submitted to the journal regarding their responsibility for the content of the articles. — Authors are responsible for obtaining permission for the reproduction of all graphic material included in articles, and they should moreover ensure that images, videos, etc., have been created with the consent of the individuals appearing in them, and that material belonging to third parties is clearly identified and acknowledged as such within the text. Likewise, authors should provide the respective consents and authorisations to the SCB when submitting articles. — The SCB is exempt from any liability arising from the possible infringement of intellectual property rights by authors. In all cases, it undertakes to publish corrections, clarifications, retractions and apologies, if necessary. — Unless otherwise stated in the text or in the graphic material, the contents published in the journal are subject to an Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 3.0 Spain (by-nc-nd) license from Creative Commons, the full text of which may be consulted at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/deed.en. Therefore, the general public is authorised to reproduce, distribute and communicate articles as long as their authorship and publishing entity are acknowledged, and no commercial use is made of them nor derivative work produced from them. — The journal is not responsible for the ideas and opinions expressed by the authors of published articles.
