The increasing growth of the bivalve-culture industry necessitates a scientific assessment of the carrying capacity (CC) of this aquaculture system, in order to ensure sustainability. Here, using a marine plankton ecological model and the food balance, bivalve CCs were estimated for aquaculture...

Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) maximises the nitrogen cycle between system components, including bacteria. In order to maximise the bacterial role in nitrogen elimination in an IMTA system, we investigated the effect of bivalve culture on water quality and bacterial community structure...

This study was designed to examine the impacts of ark shell Scapharca subcrenata enhancement and suspended oyster Crassostrea sikamea farming on sediment properties and fauna communities in the benthic zone of Xiangshan Bay, China. Ark shell enhancement took place over 319 days, after which...

The indigenous oriental river prawn (Macrobrachium nipponense) is distributed throughout China and is farmed on a large scale. Adverse selection and inbreeding are common problems in M. nipponense farming; large-sized prawns were sold to the market for high prices, leaving the remaining small ...

Shrimp farming has been the fastest-growing sector in seawater aquaculture and has contributed to improving the farmers income and the utilization efficiency of aquaculture resources in China. The shrimp industry has deployed ever-improved and innovated methods, from extensive farming to...

Traditionally, Giant mud crab had been considered to be the dominant species of mud crab cultured in China, but recent taxonomic revisions have suggested that Scylla paramamosain is the dominant. Mud crab growth can be roughly divided into five stages: embryonic stage, zoea, megalopa, juvenile crab ...

Under the background of developing "Nanfan Silicon Valley" and building and guaranteeing blue granary, aquatic universities and programs shoulder the important mission of cultivating and exporting new talents who know and love aquatic products for the motherland, and help the scientific and...

The status of organic aquaculture which presents production (cultivation) aquatic species (fish, crustaceans, molluscs, sea plants etc.) and guarantees high quality and safety of the product in accordance with specific principles is evaluated on the base of a large amount of statistical data. The...

Razor clams (Sinonovacula constricta) are one of the major polyculture species in mariculture ponds, along with swimming crabs (Portunus trituberculatus), in the coastal zones of China, and their effect on CO₂ fluxes are poorly studied. CO₂ fluxes from mariculture ponds with swimming crabs, kuruma ...

Water quality of inlet water and pond water in representative aquafarms had been monitored in order to investigate the pollution status of nitrogen and phosphorus in freshwater aquaculture in Shanghai. The results showed that the annual average concentrations of total nitrogen (TN) and total...