Aquaculture : resource use, and the environment / Claude E. Boyd, Professor, Water Quality, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Alabama, USA ; Aaron A. McNevin, Director, Aquaculture, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Claude E., author.

McNevin, Aaron, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aquaculture--Environmental aspects.

Aquaculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment places aquaculture within the larger context of global population growth, increased demand for sustainable, reliable sources of food, and the responsible use of natural resources. Aquaculture production has grown rapidly in recent decades as over-exploitation and environmental degradation have drastically reduced wild fish stocks. As fish production has increased, questions have persisted about the environmental sustainability of current aquaculture practices. Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment is a timely synthesis and analysis o

Contents:

An overview of aquaculture

World population

World food production

Assessing resource use and environmental impacts

Land use

Water use by aquaculture systems

Energy use and atmospheric emissions

Protein conversion and the fish meal and oil issue

Chemicals in aquaculture

Water pollution

Biodiversity

Governmental regulations

Best management practices

Eco-label certification

Some final thoughts.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118857915

1118857917

9781118857816

111885781X

9781118858073

1118858077

OCLC:

899157479