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India is endowed with a coastline of 8129 km, 2.02 million sq. km of EEZ and 0.5 million sq. km of continental shelf which has a catchable annual marine fishery potential of 3.93 million tonnes and occupies a unique position. The vibrancy of fisheries sector justifies the importance of the sector on the country’s economy and in livelihood security. Besides, there are vast brackishwater spread areas all along the coastline, which offer ideal sites for coastal aquaculture & mariculture. Mariculture is the farming and husbandry of marine plants and animals in the marine environment. Mariculture produces many high value finfish, crustaceans, and molluscs like oysters, mussels and clams. Hence, it is evident that in the context of declining catch rate from capture fisheries on a global basis, the development and expansion of mariculture has the potential to augment seafood production. Therefore, knowledge of coastal aquaculture & mariculture technologies available in the world and India is essential for the development and expansion of coastal aquaculture &mariculture potential to augment seafood production. The text book on coastal aquaculture & mariculture is an effort to consolidate and comprehensively present the coastal aquaculture & mariculture and divided into 40 chapters covering introduction, mariculture scenario (global & India), finfish farming, shellfish farming, molluscan farming, seaweed farming, recirculatory aquaculture systems, conservation aspects in mariculture etc. This is an attempt to provide comprehensive information on all areas of coastal aquaculture and mariculture to the students for their academic carrier. Nonetheless, the material presented has been thoughtfully selected and updated to make it of maximum use to students.