Genetic Breeding Technology and Its Application in Marine Aquaculture

Dear Colleagues,

Application of modern genetic breeding approaches to marine farmed species will dramatically boost productivity, whilst also allowing aquaculture to proceed in a sustainable fashion to help meet the future challenges of providing animal protein to the human population. Most gains in productivity of important farmed species over the last decade have come from traditional phenotypic-based breeding programs. However, similar to that being experienced in livestock and plant production, marine aquaculture breeding programs have been undergoing a renaissance through the increased incorporation and acquisition of molecular genetics and genomic data. This data has come from intensive sequencing and mapping studies of the genomes of important species and linking them to phenotypic traits, as well as the increased use of molecular-marker determined pedigrees of breeding candidates and other genetic technologies.

New exciting technologies are now also being developed and trialed, including prediction of breeding merit using genome-wide association markers (GWAS), genomic selection, RNAi for disease prevention, sex manipulation through gene regulation, and so on.

This special issue will capture what has been done to date in marine aquaculture breeding programs and highlight the current genetic advances being made and applied in the endeavor to further boost their productivity and resilience. It will cover articles not just on the approaches themselves, but where they have been used successfully in a whole range of aquaculture species.

Kindest regards,

Prof. Dean Jerry
Dr. Nick Robinson
Guest Editor

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