Vibrio Related Diseases in Aquaculture and Development of Rapid and Accurate Identification Methods

Aquaculture remains a growing, vibrant and important production sector for high-protein animal food that is easily digestible and of high biological value. Globally, marine and inland capture fisheries provide two-thirds of the total food fish supply with the remaining one-third being derived from aquaculture [1]. The reported global production of food fish from aquaculture, including fin fishes, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic animals for human consumption, reached a staggering height of 52.5 million tons in 2008. The contribution of aquaculture to the total production of capture fisheries and aquaculture continued to grow, rising from 34.5% in 2006 to 36.9% in 2008. In the period 1970-2008, the production of food fish from aquaculture increased at an average annual rate of 8.3% according to The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010 [2].