1. Preface

   • S. Focardi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 1

2. Safety issues and sustainable development of European aquaculture: new tools for environmentally sound aquaculture

   • S. Focardi
   • I. Corsi
   • E. Franchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 17

3. Using cell and developmental biology to enhance embryo survival in aquaculture

   • D. Epel

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 28

4. Fish welfare and quality as affected by pre-slaughter and slaughter management

   • B. M. Poli
   • G. Parisi
   • G. Zampacavallo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 29 - 49

5. Molecular biology and fish welfare: A winning combination

   • R. Gornati
   • S. Gualdoni
   • G. Bernardini

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 55

6. Clam farming quality as a management tool: A proposal based on recent studies in Northern Adriatic lagoons

   • M. Pellizzato
   • L. Da Ros

   OriginalPaper Pages: 57 - 66

7. Haematological, biochemical and immunological parameters as stress indicators in Dicentrarchus labrax and Sparus aurata farmed in off-shore cages

   • G Caruso
   • L Genovese
   • A Modica

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 73

8. Effects of mechanical stress in under-sized clams, Tapes philippinarum: a laboratory approach

   • M.G. Marin
   • V. Moschino
   • L. Da Ros

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 88

9. A study of the pattern of digestive enzymes in Diplodus puntazzo (Cetti, 1777) (Osteichthyes, Sparidae): evidence for the definition of nutritional protocols

   • C. Tramati
   • B. Savona
   • A. Mazzola

   OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 95

10. Loading of nutrient from a land-based fish farm(Orbetello, Italy) at different times

    • S. Porrello
    • M. Lenzi
    • P Tomassetti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 108

11. Polychaetes as indicators of marine fish farm organic enrichment

    • P. Tomassetti
    • S. Porrello

    OriginalPaper Pages: 109 - 128

12. Utilization of the filter feeder polychaete Sabella

    • A. Giangrande
    • A. Cavallo
    • L. Trianni

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 136

13. AFLP and microsatellites as genetic tags to identify cultured gilthead seabream escapees: data from a simulated floating cage breaking event

    • E. Miggiano
    • S. De Innocentiis
    • D. Crosetti

    OriginalPaper Pages: 137 - 146

14. Perspectives for development of low impact aquaculture in a Western Mediterranean lagoon: the case of the carpet clam Tapes decussatus

    • L.A. Chessa
    • F. Paesanti
    • L. vitale

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 155

15. Analysis of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes as a tool for assessing the environmental impact of aquaculture: a case study from the western Mediterranean

    • S. Vizzini
    • B. Savona
    • A. Mazzola

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 165

16. Microbiological indicators for aquaculture impact in Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy)

    • R. Zaccone
    • M. Mancuso
    • D. Zampino

    OriginalPaper Pages: 167 - 173