Yellowtail kingfish culture - Opportunities and problems

摘要

Yellowtail kingfish (Seriola lalandi) are found in temperate waters of the Pacific and Indian oceans, off South Africa, Japan and the US. There are a number of species of yellowtail in the genus Seriola (Caran-gidae) (Heine and Kolkovski 2004). The species cultured in Australian and New Zealand is known as Seriola lalandi lalandi. In Japanese waters, four species of Seriola are recognized (Nakabo 1993) and three species, S. lalandi, S. quinqueradiata (yellowtail) and S. dumerili (amber-jack), are cultured (Nakada 2000). Another notable species that has gained interest as an aquaculture candidate is the pacific yellowtail, S. mazatlana (Benetti 1997). From 1979 through 1998, about 150,000 t of S. quinqueradiata were produced annually in Japan (Nakada 2000). The culture industries for yellowtail kingfish in Australia and New Zealand are relatively small compared to Japan and commenced in early 2000.