Being an essentially open system, cages are usually characterized by a high degree of
interaction with environment and cage systems are highly likely to produce large bulk of …

Since the first edition of this book, 17 years ago, aquaculture has consolidated its position as
an important means of producing food and as a contributor to global food security. Cage …

Freshwater fish are in a perilous state with more than 30% of species considered critically
endangered. Yet significant ecological and methodological complexities constrain our ability …

We quantified release rates of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) waste from
Norwegian salmon farms in 2009 in order to evaluate the theoretical environmental …

In recent decades, net-cage aquaculture has become one of the main patterns of the
intensive fish-culture in the lakes, reservoirs and even rivers in China. This aquaculture …

Phosphorus fluxes were measured in a marine fish cage farm in the Gullmar Fjord, western
Sweden. The measured fluxes included fish food, juveniles, harvest, fish loss (dead fish and …

Coastal aquaculture is a traditional practice in Southeast Asia. Accelerated development in
the last three decades has created negative environmental impacts, such as extensive …

Carbon fluxes in a marine trout cage farm in the Gullmar Fjord, western Sweden, were
measured to investigate how much of the carbon supplied to the farm was recovered in …

The extent of the environmental impact of an aquaculture development is mainly dependent
on husbandry, feeding technique, feed composition and site selection. Feed composition …

The continued expansion of aquaculture–in a wide range of environments and of a growing
number of species has lead to increasing demands on aquatic resources. These demands …