The first U.S. National Report on Aquaculture for the 41st U.S. Japan Natural Resources Panel on Aquaculture overviews major policy items, current trends in aquaculture production, and other important developments affecting contemporary U.S. aquaculture. Policy - April 2013 saw the release of the...

This book has as its nucleus a report prepared for the American Institute of Biological Sciences, under contract with the U.S. President's Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development, but the report has been rewritten and supplemented with much new information. The authors' aim is to...

This book covers all aspects of subsistence and commercial aquaculture practiced around the world and would be of use to aquaculture students and those involved in the aquaculture industry and fish farms, research institutions, teaching, and aquaculture equipment and feed suppliers. The new...

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...

Comparisons of production, water and energy efficiencies of aquaculture versus an array of fisheries and terrestrial agriculture systems show that nonfed aquaculture (e.g. shellfish, seaweeds) is among the world's most efficient mass producer of plant and animal proteins. Various fed aquaculture...

South Africa produces both marine and freshwater aquaculture species, with a combined production output of 5418 tons of food fish in 2015. Key aquaculture species reportedly cultured include four marine species - abalone, dusky kob, mussels and oysters and seven freshwater species - tilapia, trout, ...

This work presents an overview of the main residues (by-products) generated by fish -farming and bivalve mollusk culture in Galicia. The aim is to disseminate basic and applied knowledge pertaining to the chain of residue transformations, beginning with the producers and extending to the canneries...

While the UK is the fourth largest aquaculture producer in Europe by volume, it is the second largest by value with an annual first sale value of around £1 billion. Over 90% of this value is from Atlantic salmon farmed in Scotland, but other finfish and shellfish aquaculture species are important...