Aquaculture and the Environment, 2nd Edition
Aquaculture and the Environment, 2nd Edition
Author: T. V. R. PillayThe continuing rapid increases in aquaculture production world-wide raise fears of further environmental degradation of the aquatic environment. The second edition of this well-received book brings together and discusses the available information on all major environmental aspects of various aquaculture systems, providing a valuable aid to the preparation of environmental impact assessments of aquaculture projects and showing how potential environmental problems can be reduced or mitigated by sound management.
Much new information is presented in this new edition, including details of the impact of genetically modified food products and a new chapter on the sustainability of aquaculture, which covers the definitions of sustainability and responsible aquaculture, environmental, economic, social and ethical aspects of sustainability and the concept of ecotechnology in fish farming.
Aquaculture and the Environment, Second Edition is essential reading for all personnel working on fish farms and for those moving into the aquatic farm business. Environmental scientists, ecologists, conservationists, fish and shellfish biologist and all those involved in the preservation of aquatic environments will find much of great use and interest within the covers of this book. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught should have copies of this excellent and useful book on their shelves.
Dr T. V. R. Pillay was formerly Programme Director, Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Availability: In Print
Publication date: September 2004
Binding: Hardback
Dimensions: Unknown
Weight: Unknown
Extent: 208 pp
ISBN: 978-1-4051-0167-7
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Index
Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Water Quality
2.1 Aquaculture Farms
2.2 Open Waters for Stock Building and Stock Enhancement - Nature of Environmental Impacts
3.1 Conflicts with Other Uses
3.2 Sedimentation and Obstruction of Water Flows
3.3 Effluent Discharges
3.4 Hypernutrification and Eutrophication
3.5 Chemical Residues
3.6 Other Effects - Extent of Environmental Impacts
4.1 Quantification of Effluent Discharges
4.2 Assessment of Pollutive Effects - Siting and Design of farms
5.1 Restrictions on the Use of Potential Sites
5.2 Basic Data for Site Selection
5.3 Siting Farms on Marshes and Mangroves
5.4 Selection of Water Bodies and Stocks to be Enhanced
5.5 Farm Design - Use of Natural Resources
6.1 Sources and Utilization of Land Water Resources
6.2 Use of Animal Wastes
6.3 Use of Sewage
6.4 Use of Heated-water Effluents
6.5 Recycling of Water
6.6 Use of Trophic Levels in Aquaculture - Waste Production in Aquaculture
7.1 Feed-derived and Metabolic Waste Products
7.2 Wastes from Food and Feedstuffs
7.3 Feed Loss
7.4 Methods of Measuring Waste Production
7.5 Fertilizer-derived wastes
7.6 Residues of Biocides and Biostats
7.7 Algal Blooms
7.8 Bacterial Communities - Pattern and Effect of Waste Discharges
8.1 The Nature of Waste Discharges
8.2 Polyculture
- Introduction of Exotics and Escape of Farmed Species
9.1 Species Diversity
9.2 Ecological Effects of Introductions
9.3 Transmission of Diseases
9.4 Control of Introductions
9.5 Genetic Dilution due to Escape of Farmed Animals
9.6 Guidelines for Management of Movement of Live Aquatic Animals - Pathogens in the Aquatic Environment
10.1 Occurrence of Pathogens
10.2 Environmental Causes of Disease
10.3 Controlling the Spread of Communicable Diseases
- Birds and Mammals in Aquaculture
11.1 Breeding Programmes and Genetically Modified Food Products
11.2 Effect of Aquaculture on Birds
11.3 Effect of Aquaculture on Predatory Mammals - Safety of Aquaculture Products
12.1 Breeding Programmes and Genetically Modified Food Products
12.2 Environmental Contaminants
12.3 Contamination by Trace Metals
12.4 Contamination by Organochlorines
12.5 Microbial Contamination of Shellfish
12.6 Contamination of Fish in Waste-water Ponds
12.7 Contamination by Algal Toxins - Sustainability of Aquaculture
13.1 Definition of Sustainability
13.2 Economic Sustainability
13.3 Environmental Sustainability
13.4 Social Aspects of Sustainability
13.5 Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture - Economics and Environmental Impact Assessments
14.1 Development Planning and Public Information
14.2 Aquaculture Development Zones
14.3 Environmental Impact Assessment - Mitigation of Adverse Effects
15.1 Land and Water Use
15.2 Culture Practices
15.3 Waste Treatment - Research and Regulation
16.1 Modelling the Environment
16.2 Regulatory Measures
Index
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