Fisheries and aquaculture : the food security of the future / Ágúst Einarsson, Ásta Dís Óladóttir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ágúst Einarsson, 1952- author.

Óladóttir, Ásta Dís, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aquaculture.

Fisheries.

Food supply.

Food security.

Sustainable aquaculture.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 352 pages)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Elsevier, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Fisheries and Aquaculture: The Food Security of the Future takes a multidisciplinary approach in evaluating the fisheries and aquaculture sectors from the scienti?c and practical perspectives of industry professionals. The authors recognize the importance of looking at the industry from a value chain viewpoint, not only for food security but also for a blue economy. The book takes a unique and innovative approach to show how ?sheries and aquaculture can achieve sustainability and how small ?shery communities can become highly successful ?shery and aquaculture communities and contribute to overall industry globalization. This is a practical and useful reference for a wide-ranging audience. It is for those who wish to make systematic e?orts to develop their fisheries or aquaculture sectors, scientists and researchers, anyone in ?sheries management or marine resource management, ?sh farmers, policy makers, leaders and regulators, operations researchers, as well as faculty and students.

Contents:

Intro

Fisheries and Aquaculture: The Food Security of the Future

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of figures and tables

List of figures

List of tables

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction

1.1. The dawn of human communities and the origins of fisheries

1.2. The role of fish and the sea in religion and lore

1.3. The oceans and marine taxonomy

1.4. Fisheries in a historical context

1.5. Fisheries and aquaculture in modern times

Chapter 2: Fishing and fish farming

2.1. Fishing, the principal fishing countries and harvested species

2.2. Fish farming and principal fish farming countries

2.3. Consumption of fish

2.4. Importance of fisheries and aquaculture for countries and island states

Chapter 3: Market forces and tools to analyse fisheries and aquaculture

3.1. Companies and individuals

3.2. Demand and utility

3.3. Supply

3.4. Cost

3.5. Supply and demand in equilibrium

Chapter 4: Environmental issues

4.1. Climate change and changing ecosystems

4.2. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and their impact on fisheries and aquaculture

4.3. Effect of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture

4.4. Plastic pollution in the oceans

4.5. Antarctica and the Arctic

Chapter 5: Fisheries management

5.1. Common resources

5.2. Overfishing and its consequences

5.3. Basics of fisheries economics

5.4. Different management systems and fishing licence fees

5.5. Fisheries management around the world

Chapter 6: China, the leading fishing and fish farming country of the world

6.1. Principal events in the context of history

6.2. Development of fisheries and aquaculture

6.3. Public management and international trade

6.4. Chinas future in fisheries and aquaculture

Chapter 7: Developing countries

7.1. Developing countries in fisheries and aquaculture

7.2. Fishing by foreigners in the waters of developing countries

7.3. Development aid, gender gap, and corruption

7.4. Food security of the developing countries

Chapter 8: Processing and related industries

8.1. Handling of catches and quality control

8.2. Business environment and value chain

8.3. Cluster collaboration and productivity

8.4. Innovation and technological advances

Chapter 9: Sales and marketing

9.1. The development of trade

9.2. The market clearing forces of price and quantity

9.3. Market models of producer and consumer interaction

9.4. Other aspects of marketing

9.5. Exports and imports of fishery commodities

9.6. Dynamics of trade and increased interdependence

Chapter 10: Finances

10.1. Basic financial principles of fisheries and aquaculture

10.2. Financial analysis

10.3. Competitive advantage and investments in technology and innovation

10.4. State support in fisheries and aquaculture

Chapter 11: Globalisation

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

11.1. Globalisation in fisheries and aquaculture.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 22, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version: Einarsson, Ágúst Fisheries and Aquaculture : The Food Security of the Future

ISBN:

9780128231920

0128231920

OCLC:

1223091870

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