Review article
https://doi.org/10.1515/cjf-2016-0003
MEAGRE (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) AQUACULTURE IN CROATIA
Nikolina Kružić
; Department of ecology, agriculture and aquaculture, University of Zadar, 23 000 Zadar, Croatia
Bosiljka Mustać
orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-5883
; Department of ecology, agriculture and aquaculture, University of Zadar, 23 000 Zadar, Croatia
Ivan Župan
; Department of ecology, agriculture and aquaculture, University of Zadar, 23 000 Zadar, Croatia
Slavica Čolak
; Department of ecology, agriculture and aquaculture, University of Zadar, 23 000 Zadar, Croatia
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.
Keywords
Meagre; Aquaculture; Croatia; Mediterranean
Hrčak ID:
154673
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Publication date:
21.3.2016.
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