RT Book, Section T1 Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, an Emerging Pathogen Affecting New Cultured Marine Fish Species in Southern Spain. A1 Labella Vera, Alejandro Manuel A1 Berbel, Concepción A1 Manchado, Manuel A1 Castro-López, María Dolores A1 Borrego-García, Juan José K1 Acuicultura K1 Peces - Enfermedades bacterianas K1 Bacterias gram negativas K1 Virulencia (Microbiología) AB Aquaculture is the fastest growing food-producing sector, accounting almost 50% of theworld food fish demand. Considering the projected population growth over the next twodecades, it is estimated that at least an additional 40 million tonnes of aquatic food will berequired by 2030 to maintain the current per capita consumption (NACA/FAO, 2001).Marine aquaculture production was 30.2 million tonnes in 2004, representing 50.9% of theglobal aquaculture production (FAO, 2004). By major groupings, fish is the top groupwhether by quantity or by value at 47.4% and 53.9%, respectively. However, according tothe World Aquaculture Society (WAS, 2006), the future of this sector must be based on theincrease of scientific and technical developments, on sustainable practices, and, mainly, onthe diversification of the cultured fish species. For this reason, the European Union hasdesigned an innovative plan to increase the culture of new fish and shellfish species, mainlymarine, maintaining the production of other consolidated species (UE, 2010) PB InTechOpen YR 2011 FD 2011-02-11 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36593 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/36593 LA eng NO Labella A, Berbel C, Manchado M, Castro D, Borrego JJ. Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, an Emerging Pathogen Affecting New Cultured Marine Fish Species in Southern Spain [Internet]. Recent Advances in Fish Farms. InTech; 2011. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/26795 DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026