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Meagre (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) aquaculture in Croatia Cover

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) aquaculture in Croatia

Open Access
|Mar 2016

Abstract

The objective of this review is to present current status of meagre aquaculture in Croatia. Meagre Argyrosomus regius (Asso, 1801) is a fast growing migratory fish species which used to be widespread along the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Today, it is very rare in fisheries catches and is considered highly endangered. Recently, meagre has become an increasingly important species in the Mediterranean aquaculture. In Croatia, meagre is a relatively new cultured species whose farming started after the year 2000. Since the European Commission identified species diversification as a top priority in the framework of the 2020 strategies for Aquaculture, and with recent studies revealing that meagre adapt easily to captivity and maintain a rapid growth rate, this species became an interesting candidate for Croatian as well as Mediterranean aquaculture.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjf-2016-0003 | Journal eISSN: 1848-0586 | Journal ISSN: 1330-061X
Language: English
Page range: 14 - 19
Submitted on: Jan 28, 2015
Accepted on: Dec 18, 2015
Published on: Mar 31, 2016
Published by: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Nikolina Kružić, Bosiljka Mustać, Ivan Župan, Slavica Čolak, published by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
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