Blue frontiers: managing the environmental costs of aquaculture

S.J. Hall, A. Delaporte, M.J. Phillips, M. Beveridge, M. O'Keefe and The WorldFish Center

in Monographs from The WorldFish Center

Abstract: The report begins with an overview of the current status of world aquaculture. It then goes on to describe an approach for estimating the current combined biophysical resource demands of aquaculture for producer countries and regions. Following a comparison of these results with those available for other animal food production sectors the report then examines the consequences of likely future trends in production on the environmental impacts of aquaculture. Finally, the policy implications of the reportÆs findings are discussed along with the research agenda that should be pursued to meet the challenge of sustainable food production.

Keywords: Aquaculture; Aquaculture systems; Life cycle analysis; Environmental impact; Resource management; Aquaculture statistics; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
ISBN: 9.78983E+12
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