Aquaculture of shellfish species is expanding in many countries. Limitations on, and
competition for, inshore water space is making offshore shellfish developments more …

Aquaculture has grown rapidly over the last three decades expanding at an average annual
growth rate of 5.8%(2005–2014), down from 8.8% achieved between 1980 and 2010. The …

A finite element circulation model of flow was constructed for Sungo Bay, China, a site of
dense cultivation of both marine bivalves and kelp, to assess the magnitude of friction due to …

Around 3000 Ha of New Zealand's coastal waters are presently allocated to mussel farming
of the Greenshell mussel Perna canaliculus mainly in small inshore farms of 30 000 to 80 …

Aquatic suspended canopies are porous obstacles that extend down from the free-surface
but have a gap between the canopy and bed. Examples of suspended canopies include …

This chapter reviews advances made in the study of the structure and dynamics of scallop
populations and in the development of new approaches for the assessment and …

Sungo Bay (China) has a mean depth of 10 m, a total area of 140 km 2 and is occupied by
several types of aquaculture, whilst opening to the ocean. The production of scallops …

The rapid growth of aquaculture at a worldwide scale [1] has generated concerns about the
impacts of the activity not only on local environments but also at the social scale, as …

Large-scale kelp aquaculture offers several opportunities to counteract eutrophication. Here,
six sites from Ailian Bay to its offshore waters in Rongcheng, northern China, were selected …

A three-dimensional physical–biological coupled aquaculture model is developed to study
the aquaculture carrying capacity of kelp in Sungo Bay, a typical aquaculture site in China …