Dissertação de mestrado, Aquacultura e Pescas, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Uniersidade do Algarve, 2015Global world population is expected to reach approximately 9 billion by 2050, and the world food-producing sector must secure food for the growing population through increased production and reduced waste. Due to this, aquaculture can represent a solution to the substitution and increase of fish protein available to the populations. However, a higher development of aquaculture is constrained by different causes, being one of the most important diseases. In Southern Europe, especially in the Mediterranean area, amyloodiniosis represents a major bottleneck for semi-intensive aquaculture production in Southern Europe affecting the maj...