Overview
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).
Full Product Details
Author: Marianne Holmer ,
Kenny Black ,
Carlos M. Duarte ,
Nuria Marbà
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.732kg
ISBN: 9781402068096
ISBN 10: 1402068093
Pages: 326
Publication Date: 30 January 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
From the reviews: 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)
From the reviews: 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)
