Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 History of Genetic Biotechnology in Aquaculture and Fisheries -- 2 Phenotypic Variation and Environmental Effects -- 3 Polyploidy -- 4 Gynogenesis, Androgenesis, Cloned Populations and Nuclear Transplantation -- 5 Sex Reversal and Breeding -- 6 Biochemical and Molecular Markers -- 7 Population Genetics and Interactions of Hatchery and Wild Fish -- 8 Gene Mapping, Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping and Marker-assisted Selection -- 9 Gene Expression, Isolation and Cloning -- 10 Gene-transfer Technology -- 11 Combining Genetic Enhancement Programmes -- 12 Genotype-Environment Interactions -- 13 Environmental Risk of Aquatic Organisms from Genetic Biotechnology -- 14 Food Safety of Transgenic Aquatic Organisms -- 15 A Case Example: Safety of Consumption of Transgenic Salmon Potentially Containing Elevated Levels of Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor -- 16 Government Regulation of Transgenic Fish -- 17 Commercial Application of Fish Biotechnology -- 18 Strategies for Genetic Conservation, Gene Banking and Maintaining Genetic Quality -- 19 Constraints and Limitations of Genetic Biotechnology -- Glossary -- References and Further Reading -- Index.