Diseases are an important challenge in aquaculture. However, most of what is known about
the effect of diseases comes from laboratory experiments. Using a farm-level data set …

This paper reviews the role that the operational research (OR) discipline has played in the
understanding and management of renewable resources in the areas of fisheries and …

This paper reviews current and potential applications of systems models and bioeconomic
models in aquaculture. Basic information on alternative types of models and the process of …

Shrimp is not only one of the world's most valuable aquaculture species, but also a species
that encounter high economic losses due to diseases. Diseases are sufficiently important to …

Infectious diseases are economically detrimental to aquaculture, and with continued
expansion and intensification of aquaculture, the importance of managing infectious …

This paper demonstrates a mechanism by which environmental shocks in biological
production processes can lead to extreme price movements and thus be a contributing factor …

Bioeconomic models consist of the use of mathematics to model the behaviour of biological
systems conditioned by biological, environmental, economic and technical factors. At …

This chapter provides insights on productivity in aquaculture based on production economic
studies of several farmed species in different countries. We first survey studies of …

This work presents a Decision Support System (DSS) for fish farming in cages that
determines the production strategies that maximize the present profits of the farming …

Fish farming is a biological production process dependent upon biological and
environmental conditions. These constraints imply that different fish farmers are likely to …