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Aquaculture in the Ecosystem

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Editors:
  1. Marianne Holmer

    1. Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark

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  2. Kenny Black

    1. Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, Scotland

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  3. Carlos M. Duarte

    1. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain

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  4. Nuria Marbà

    1. Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain

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  5. Ioannis Karakassis

    1. Marine Ecology Laboratory Biology Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

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  • First interdisciplinary approach to aquaculture management
  • Provides future perspectives based on all aspects of the aquaculture production (environmental, social and economically)
  • Provides scientific state of art based on numerous recent research projects
  • Global perspectives on aquaculture
  • Aquaculture as an integrated part of the ecosystem

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Fish Farm Wastes in the Ecosystem

    • Paul Tett
    Pages 1-46

  3. Monitoring of Environmental Impacts of Marine Aquaculture

    • Marianne Holmer, Pia Kupka Hansen, Ioannis Karakassis, Joseph A. Borg, Patrick J. Schembri
    Pages 47-85

  4. Aquaculture and Coastal Space Management in Europe: An Ecological Perspective

    • Tim Dempster, Pablo Sanchez-Jerez
    Pages 87-116

  5. Detrimental Genetic Effects of Interactions Between Reared Strains and Wild Populations of Marine and Anadromous Fish and Invertebrate Species

    • T. F. Cross, G. Burnell, J. Coughlan, S. Culloty, E. Dillane, P. McGinnity et al.
    Pages 117-154

  6. Non-Native Aquaculture Species Releases: Implications for Aquatic Ecosystems

    • Elizabeth J. Cook, Gail Ashton, Marnie Campbell, Ashley Coutts, Stephan Gollasch, Chad Hewitt et al.
    Pages 155-184

  7. Safe and Nutritious Aquaculture Produce: Benefits and Risks of Alternative Sustainable Aquafeeds

    • J. Gordon Bell, Rune Waagbø
    Pages 185-225

  8. NGO Approaches to Minimizing the Impacts of Aquaculture: A Review

    • Katherine Bostick
    Pages 227-249

  9. Aquaculture in the Coastal Zone: Pressures, Interactions and Externalities

    • David Whitmarsh, Maria Giovanna Palmieri
    Pages 251-269

  10. Future Trends in Aquaculture: Productivity Growth and Increased Production

    • Frank Asche, Kristin H. Roll, Sigbjørn Tveterås
    Pages 271-292

  11. Status and Future Perspectives of Marine Aquaculture

    • Yngvar Olsen, Oddmund Otterstad, Carlos M. Duarte
    Pages 293-319

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 321-326
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About this book

Aquaculture in the Ecosystem – An Introduction The growth of Aquaculture and its future role as a food supplier to human society has environmental, social and economic limitations, affecting marine ecosystems and socio-economic scales from local to global. These are close links with human health requirements and societal needs for various goods and services provided by marine ecosystems. This book shows this broad spectrum of dependencies of the future growth of aquaculture and highlights both relevant problems and expectations. Compensating for stagnant wild capture fisheries and the increasing demand for marine products, marine aquaculture is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, comparable to the computer technology industry (Chapters 9 and 10). The demand for marine products is controlled by a complexity of factors in our society, not least the increasing human population and the increasing global affluence that allows the consumer to buy higher priced marine products such as salmon, tuna and shellfish (Chapter 9). The populations of several of these top-carnivore species are seriously compromised and it will be impossible in the future to maintain wild c- tures at the level of consumer demand. In less affluent areas including SE Asia and Africa, aquaculture for both domestic consumption and export has major nutritional and economic benefits. The production of fish in aquaculture is thus expected to increase under the assumption that the bottlenecks for expansion can be overcome (Chapter 10).

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"Marine aquaculture is one of the fastest growing industries globally. … Holmer … and colleagues have compiled papers that describe the impact of fish waste on ecosystems, monitoring of impacts, competing coastal land demands, genetic pollution of wild stocks, inadvertent release of nonnative species, and challenges to sustainable feeding. … Summing Up: Recommended. All readers." (J. Burger, Choice, Vol. 46 (2), October, 2008)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense M, Denmark

    Marianne Holmer

  • Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, Scotland

    Kenny Black

  • Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats (CSIC-UIB), Esporles (Illes Balears), Spain

    Carlos M. Duarte, Nuria Marbà

  • Marine Ecology Laboratory Biology Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

    Ioannis Karakassis

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