Development strategies for the sea cucumber industry in China

作     者：RU Xiaoshang ZHANG Libin LI Xiaoni LIU Shilin YANG Hongsheng 

作者机构：CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology 

出 版 物：《Journal of Oceanology and Limnology》 (海洋湖沼学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2019年第37卷第1期

页      面：300-312页

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学科分类：07[理学] 

基　　金：Supported by the Agricultural Seed Project of Shandong Province,the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDA11020703) the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.41676136,41606171) the Nature Science Foundation of Shandong Province(No.ZR2016CQ04) the Taishan Scholars Program(Distinguished Taishan Scholars) 

主　　题：sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus current situation development strategy 

摘      要：The sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus, is an important marine aquaculture species in China. After nearly thirty years of development, the production of A. japonicus has become commercially lucrative and successful. In this report, current advances in sea cucumber industry are addressed in terms of the basic biology, culturing methods, and health care bene?ts. Next, the challenges restricting development of the sea cucumber industry are discussed, including weaknesses in the basic biological research, the problem of germplasm degradation, environmental stress caused by global climate change, and food safety problems. Finally, several strategies are presented that might contribute to sustainable development of the sea cucumber industry. These strategies include advances in genome studies, behavioral studies, selective breeding, ecological culture technologies, reforms in food safety management, and the development of health care functions based on contemporary medical practices. Thus, our work provides new insights into how to explore the sustainable development of the sea cucumber industry in the future.