Table of Contents 1. A Survey on Biology, Ecology and Genetics of Mexican Oysters for Biotechnology Purposes 3. Bioengineered Reefs to Enhance Natural Fisheries and Culture Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in the Gulf of Mexico 4. Engineering Natural and Artificial Reefs in Oyster and Coral Dominated Environments 5. Application of DNA Fingerprints in Study of Seaweeds 6. Genes Involved in the Compensatory Growth Induced by Refeeding in European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) 7. Diversity and Aquaculture Exploitation of Ictaluridae Species in Mexico 8. Repetitive DNA Elements as Probes for the Genomic Analysis of Scamp and Yellowmouth Grouper from the Gulf of Mexico 9. Serological Methods for the Detection of Pathogenic Bacteria in Aquaculture: Present Status and Future Prospects 10. Masculinization of Torafugu, Takifugu rubripes by Modulation of Aromatase Activity 11. A Review of Grass Shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, as a Biomonitor Species of Oxytetracycline Impacts 12. Current Status of Shrimp Farming in India 13. Molecular Response to Stress in European Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) 14. Diversity and Distribution of Fish Genetic Resources in Anamalai Hills of Western Ghats, India 15. Subject Index