Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture (Sheffield Biological Siences) - Hardcover

9780849305016: Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture (Sheffield Biological Siences)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0849305012 ISBN 13: 9780849305016

Publisher: Blackwell, 2001

The continued expansion of aquaculture - in a wide range of environments and of a growing number of species, both vertebrate and invertebrate - has lead to increasing demands on aquatic resources. These demands vary with the culture species, the culture method and the environmental and ecological setting. While there are many examples of efforts to mitigate detrimental environmental effects, the environment remains the ultimate constraint on the future sustainable development of this maturing industry.

The relationships between the activities of aquaculture and the environment are of significant economic importance, as well as of innate scientific interest. As a result, a large international research community has developed over the past decade. In Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture, the research is synthesized and critically reviewed, providing a source of reference to the most important recent developments at research and professional level.

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The relationships between the activities of aquaculture and the environment are of economic importance as well as of scientific interest and, for these reasons, a large international research community has developed over the past decade. In this volume, the resultant research is synthesised and critically reviewed, providing a source of reference to the most important recent developments at research and professional level.

The first part of the volume is organised in terms of the major culture types. This is followed by chapters of general relevance to aquaculture.

Review:

Environmental impacts of aquaculture have become widely recognized. In this volume, nine invited papers by authors from the UK and four other countries review what has been learned and suggest mitigation measures. Four chapters examine environmental impacts of producing finfish and shellfish in marine net pens, freshwater cages, and ponds. Chapters also address tank culture and recirculating systems, genetic impacts, modeling ecological effects, aquaculture as a component of integrated coastal zone management, and sustainability of aquaculture. These critical reviews will be of greatest interest to aquaculture scientists and to public sector planners and regulators.
- American Fisheries Society, June 12, 2001

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