Aquaculture and the Environment 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.

Contents

1. Introduction
2. Water Quality
3. Nature of Environmental Impacts
4. Extent of Environmental Impacts
5. Siting and Design of Farms
6. Use of Natural Resources
7. Waste Production in Aquaculture
8. Pattern and Effect of Waste Discharges
9. Introduction of Exotics and Escape of Farmed Species
10. Pathogens in the Aquatic Environment
11. Birds and Mammals in Aquaculture
12. Safety of Aquaculture Products
13. Sustainability of Aquaculture
14. Economics and Environmental Impact Assessments
15. Mitigation of Adverse Effects
16. Research and Regulation

Index

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