Aquatic Biotechnologies

Joël Fleurence is a professor at the University of Nantes. His research activity focuses on aquatic biotechnologies and particularly on the valuation of algae. He has contributed to more than 100 international publications, three international patents and several books, including Microalgae and Algae in Agrobiology, published by ISTE Ltd and Wiley.

• Preface viiIntroduction ixChapter 1 The Biological Characteristics of Organisms Involved in Blue Biotechnologies 11.1 Fish 11.1.1 Tilapia 11.1.2 Trout 31.1.3 Atlantic salmon 51.1.4 Carp 61.2 Algae 81.2.1 Microalgae 81.2.2 Macroalgae 101.3 Other aquatic plants 12Chapter 2 Production Methods 132.1 Fish farming 132.1.1 Traditional fish farming 132.1.2 Fish farming with transgenic fish or the concept of theblue revolution 232.2 Algoculture 562.2.1 Traditional seaweed farming 562.2.2 Transgenic algae production 72Chapter 3 Biotechnological Processing Methods 833.1 Enzymatic engineering (enzymatic hydrolysis) 833.1.1 Enzymatic engineering applied to fish matrices 833.1.2 Enzymatic engineering applied to algal matrices 943.2 Fermentation 1173.2.1 Fermentation applied to fish matrices 1173.2.2 Fermentation applied to algal matrices 124Chapter 4 Products and Markets 1334.1 Some examples of marketed and traditional products 1334.2 Main markets 140Chapter 5 Regulations 1475.1 Transgenic products 1475.2 Other products 149Conclusion 161References 163Index 173