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Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Edition:
- 1st
- Author:
- Tucker, Craig S.; Hargreaves, John A.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- ISBN:
- 978-0-81-382027-9
- Doody Core Title Score:
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The first synthesis of best management practices that minimize environmental impacts - published in cooperation with the United States Aquaculture Society.
Population growth and increased appreciation of seafood's role in human health have pushed global seafood consumption past the point where capture fisheries can meet demand. Aquaculture--farming aquatic plants and animals in oceans and inland waters--has expanded rapidly in the past decade in response to the increased demand for fishery products. The rapid growth of aquaculture domestically and internationally has stimulated concerns over social and environmental impacts caused by increased production of farmed aquatic species. Environmental advocacy groups and government regulatory agencies have called for better management to address potentially negative impacts and assure sustainable aquaculture development.
This book provides technical guidance to improve the environmental performance of aquaculture. It's the only comprehensive guide to best management practices for mitigation of environmental impacts of aquaculture. It addresses development and implementation of best m
Population growth and increased appreciation of seafood's role in human health have pushed global seafood consumption past the point where capture fisheries can meet demand. Aquaculture--farming aquatic plants and animals in oceans and inland waters--has expanded rapidly in the past decade in response to the increased demand for fishery products. The rapid growth of aquaculture domestically and internationally has stimulated concerns over social and environmental impacts caused by increased production of farmed aquatic species. Environmental advocacy groups and government regulatory agencies have called for better management to address potentially negative impacts and assure sustainable aquaculture development.
This book provides technical guidance to improve the environmental performance of aquaculture. It's the only comprehensive guide to best management practices for mitigation of environmental impacts of aquaculture. It addresses development and implementation of best m
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- Tucker, Craig S.; Hargreaves, John A.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-81-382027-9
- Specialty:
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- Animal Sciences
- Aquaculture and Fisheries
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st
- Pages:
- 592
- Publication Year:
- 2008
- Doody Core Title Score:
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