Marine food fish SPC factsheet Secretariat of the Pacific Community
Material type: TextPublication details: Noumea, New caledonia Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) 2014Description: 4 p. ill., photographs 30 cmISBN:- 9789820007253
- 639.8
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Some of the marine food fish that are of major commercial importance in the Pacific include: groupers (Cromileptes altivelis), rabbitfish (Siganus lineatus), barramundi (Lates calcarifer), batfish (Platax orbicularis), threadfin salmon (Polydactylus spp.), snappers (Lutjanus sp.), amberjack (Seriola sp.) and cobia (Rachycentron canadum). These and some other finfish are currently being, or have been, trialled for commercial farming in the Pacific Islands region. In most cases, marine food fish are farmed for local markets although high-value export markets could also be a feasible alternative.