| The culture of the marine fish has not made as much progress as other species in aquaculture, for example the marine and freshwater prawns. The large number of red seabream released each year by the Japanese into the Seto Inland Sea constitutes one of the major marine fish projects, but the economic benefit for this type of ocean ranching is uncertain, and the cost of the fry is high. Dover sole and turbot still offer good potential for marine fish culture in European and Mediterranean waters, but many of the farming techniques have been developed for the less valuable but more easily produced plaice. The grey mullet has increasing farm potential but its commercial markets are limited as it has low value. It is more important as a subsistence... |
