Effect of aquaculture on world fish supplies

Rosamond L. Naylor (), Rebecca J. Goldburg, Jurgenne H. Primavera, Nils Kautsky, Malcolm C. M. Beveridge, Jason Clay, Carl Folke, Jane Lubchenco, Harold Mooney and Max Troell
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Rosamond L. Naylor: Stanford University, Institute for International Studies, Encina Hall 400E, Stanford University
Rebecca J. Goldburg: Environmental Defense
Jurgenne H. Primavera: Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center
Nils Kautsky: Stockholm University
Malcolm C. M. Beveridge: Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
Jason Clay: World Wildlife Fund
Carl Folke: Stockholm University
Jane Lubchenco: Oregon State University
Harold Mooney: Stanford University, Institute for International Studies, Encina Hall 400E, Stanford University
Max Troell: Stockholm University

Nature, 2000, vol. 405, issue 6790, 1017-1024

Abstract: Abstract Global production of farmed fish and shellfish has more than doubled in the past 15 years. Many people believe that such growth relieves pressure on ocean fisheries, but the opposite is true for some types of aquaculture. Farming carnivorous species requires large inputs of wild fish for feed. Some aquaculture systems also reduce wild fish supplies through habitat modification, wild seedstock collection and other ecological impacts. On balance, global aquaculture production still adds to world fish supplies; however, if the growing aquaculture industry is to sustain its contribution to world fish supplies, it must reduce wild fish inputs in feed and adopt more ecologically sound management practices.

Date: 2000
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