Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture

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 continued expansion of aquaculture, in a wide range of environments and of a growing number of species 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 contraint on the future sustainable development of this maturing industry.   Table of Contents: The environmental impacts of marine fish cage culture; Freshwater finfish cage culture; Ecological effects of shellfish cultivation; Environmental effects of warm water culture in ponds/lagoons; Tank culture and recirculating systems; Genetic impacts of aquaculture; Modelling impacts; Aquaculture in the age of integrated coastal management (ICM); Sustainability of aquaculture; References; Index.

Comments & References: 228 pages. 65 illustrations. Hardcover. Part of the Sheffield Biological Sciences Series.  A Wiley-Blackwell publication. This book is also available from Amazon. 

Please see Biology of Farmed Fish. 

ISBN-13: 978-1-8412-7041-5; ISBN-10: 1-8412-7041-5