Recent Advances in Crustacean Aquaculture
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Biology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 August 2025 | Viewed by 987
Special Issue Editors
2. Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA
Interests: androgenic gland; aquaculture; crustaceans; disease management; gene silencing; genetic modification; monosex; selective breeding; sex-reversal; yield improvement
Interests: androgenic gland; aquaculture; crustaceans; disease management; gene silencing; genetic modification; monosex; selective breeding; sex reversal; yield improvement
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Dear Colleagues,
The global demand for seafood has been steadily increasing for decades. However, meeting this demand is becoming exceedingly challenging due to overfishing and the adverse effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems. This situation underscores the need for innovations that make aquaculture more sustainable, ensuring food security for the growing global population while preserving natural aquatic resources.
Crustaceans, including prawns, shrimps, crabs, lobsters, and crayfish, represent a highly valued and diverse segment of the seafood market. Rich in essential nutrients, crustacean meat plays a crucial role in human diets worldwide. Consequently, the rising demand for crustaceans in the global seafood market is driving significant research and development in aquaculture, with a particular focus on advancing biotechnologies to enhance sustainability, including the development of monosex populations, yield improvement, disease management, selective breeding, and other cutting-edge practices.
Innovations in this field include endocrine manipulations that influence growth and reproduction, androgenic gland manipulation for sex reversal to establish monosex cultures, CRISPR/Cas9 genetic modifications, next-generation sequencing techniques, and more.
This Special Issue welcomes studies contributing to recent advances and innovations in any aspect of crustacean aquaculture.
Dr. Tom Levy
Dr. Tomer Ventura
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- androgenic gland
- aquaculture
- crustaceans
- disease management
- gene silencing
- genetic modification
- monosex
- selective breeding
- sex reversal
- yield improvement
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