This work develops, applies, and tests a methodology for simulating three key determinants of aquaculture carrying capacity: production, environmental effects, and pathogen interactions. Deterministic models for simulation of biomass production and environmental effects for fish and shellfish were...

Offshore aquaculture is the subject of intense debate, focusing on feasibility, sustainability, and the potential for effective expansion in the context of competing uses of the coastal zone, and a world requirement for an additional thirty million tonnes of aquatic products by 2050. A modelling...

Bivalve predation by seabream has been observed worldwide and is a major concern for bivalve farmers. Farmed bivalve-seabream interactions must be better understood to ensure the sustainability of bivalve aquaculture. The objectives of this study were to characterize gilthead seabream Sparus aurata ...

This proceedings contains 32 papers covering aquaculture, fisheries, fish diseases, effect of environmental pollution on fish, fish feeding and conservation. The first 7 papers discuss the culture, transport and feeding of Clarias gariepinus, Oreochromis niloticus, Benthosema pterotum, Penaeus...

The ability of bivalve culture in the proximity of an open water fin fish farm to reduce the environmental impact caused by organic wastes was tested. The experiment involved floating net cages containing cultured gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) and European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) in...

The recent increase of the local population of gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata, in three areas along the southeastern Adriatic Sea: Malostonski Bay (Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina), Neretva Estuary (Croatia) and Boka Kotorska Bay (Montenegro) and its adverse effects on shellfish culture by...

Due to the rise in aquaculture production, a global increase in Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Systems (IMTA) combining species and optimizing niches is expected to mitigate environmental impacts. However, these facilities are currently composed of plastic materials that can directly or...

This study was aimed at evaluating growth response, gut health and physiological status of seabream (GSB) and European seabass (ES) juveniles fed diets totally deprived of fish meal and supplemented with alternative ingredients. Fish were fed four isoproteic (45%) and isolipidic (20%) diets in...

Flat oysters (Ostrea edulis) were reared for a year both in integrated experimental conditions - close to a gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) and seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) farm - and in an open-sea reference location in the SW Mediterranean to ascertain whether their development could be...

Stable C isotope (δ¹³C) analysis was used between March 1997 and February 1998 in a fish -farming impacted Mediterranean area (the Gulf of Gaeta, Central Tyrrhenian) to determine the predominant C sources available to bivalve molluscs cultivated around fish cages. Whether the organic matter...