<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The objective of this review is to present current status of meagre aquaculture in Croatia. Meagre <italic>Argyrosomus regius</italic> (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.</p></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.

Meagre (<italic>Argyrosomus regius</italic> Asso, 1801) aquaculture in Croatia

Department of ecology, agriculture and aquaculture, University of Zadar, 23 000 Zadar, Croatia

Croatian Journal of Fisheries

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Meagre ( Asso, 1801) aquaculture in Croatia

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...

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) aquaculture in Croatia

Published Online: Mar 31, 2016

Page range: 14 - 19

Received: Jan 28, 2015

Accepted: Dec 18, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjf-2016-0003

Keywords
Meagre, Aquaculture, Croatia, Mediterranean

© 2016 Nikolina Kružić et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Meagre (Argyrosomus regius Asso, 1801) aquaculture in Croatia

Published Online: Mar 31, 2016

Page range: 14 - 19

Received: Jan 28, 2015

Accepted: Dec 18, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cjf-2016-0003

KeywordsMeagre, Aquaculture, Croatia, Mediterranean

© 2016 Nikolina Kružić et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Meagre, Aquaculture, Croatia, Mediterranean