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Ishii, Kazuo, Eiji Hayashi, Norhisam Bin Misron, and Blair Thornton. "Special Issue on Advanced Robotics in Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries." Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics 30, no. 2 (April 20, 2018): 163–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2018.p0163.
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The importance of primary industries, agriculture, forestry and fisheries, is obvious and needless to mention, however, the reduction of the working population and the aging problem make the situation of primary industry more sever. To compensate for the issues, the advanced technology in robotics has attracted attentions and expected the contributions in terms of productivity, cost effectiveness, pesticide-less, monitoring of the growth and harvesting, etc. Recently, robotic technologies are gradually being used in primary industry and their application area will expand more in the near future. This special issue’s objectives include collecting recent advances, automation, mechanization, research trends and their applications in agriculture, forestry and fisheries to promote a deeper understanding of major conceptual and technical challenges and facilitate spreading of recent breakthroughs in primary industries, and contribute to the enhancement of the quality of agricultural, forestry and fisheries robots by introducing the state-of-the-art in sensing, mobility, manipulation and related technologies. In this special issue, twelve papers are included. The first paper by Noguchi is the survey paper of the state-of-the-art in the agricultural vehicle type robots and discusses the future scope of agriculture with robotics. The next three papers are on tomato-monitoring system, and Fukui et al. propose a tomato fruit volume estimation method using saliency-based image processing and point cloud and clustering technology, Yoshida et al. do the cutting point identification for tomato-harvesting using a RGBD sensor and evaluate in the real farm experiments, and Fujinaga et al. present an image mosaicking method of tomato yard based on the infrared images and color images of tomato-clusters in the large green house. The fifth paper by Sori et al. reports a paddy weeding robot in wet-rice field to realize the pesticide-free produce of rice, and the sixth paper by Shigeta et al. is about an image processing system to measure cow’s BCS (Body Condition Score) automatically before milking cows and analyzes the two months data by CNN (Convolutional Neural Network). The seventh paper by Inoue et al. reports on an upper-limb power assist robot with a single actuator to reduce the weight and cost. The assist machine supports the shoulder and elbow movements for viticulture operations and upper-limb holding for load transport tasks. In the next paper, Tominaga et al. show an autonomous robotic system to move between the trees without damaging them and to cut the weeds in the forest for the forest industry. The last four papers are for the fishery industry, and Komeyama et al. propose a methods for monitoring the size of fish, red sea bream (RSB) aquaculture by developing a stereo vision system to avoid the risks of physical injury and mental stress to the fish. Nishida et al. report on a hovering type underwater robot to measure seafloor for monitoring marine resources whose sensor can be replaced depending on missions as the open hardware system. Yasukawa et al. propose a vision system for an autonomous underwater robot with a benthos sampling function, especially, sampling-autonomous underwater vehicles (SAUVs) to achieve a new sampling mission. The last paper by Han et al. is for gait planning and simulation analysis of an amphibious quadruped robot in the field of fisheries and aquaculture. We hope that this special issue can contributes to find solutions in primary industries, agriculture, forestry and fisheries.
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Hiruy, Kiros, Ray Murphy, Tom Lewis, William T. White, and Steven W. Purcell. "Measuring scientific impact of fisheries and aquaculture research-for-development projects in South East Asia and the Pacific." Research Evaluation 28, no. 4 (August 5, 2019): 313–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvz019.
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Abstract Research-for-development (R4D), as a mode of foreign aid, is a practical way to support developing countries. However, few studies have assessed the scientific impacts of R4D projects. Here, we applied an integrated assessment approach to evaluate the scientific impact of research projects commissioned by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research’s Fisheries Program in the Asia-Pacific region between 2000 and 2012. We use publication metrics and expert panel reviews to examine trends in scientific outputs among 73 fisheries and aquaculture research projects. ‘Among projects, there was considerable variation in publication types and outputs (including academic papers, magazine articles, policy reports, books, and book chapters), and projects produced, on average, 10 publications at a funded-dollar cost of AU$41,000 per publication. Bilateral and multilateral projects tended to produce more refereed journal articles and citations per funded dollar than single-country projects, and publication outputs were poor for certain countries. With the exception of fisheries projects, larger (more highly funded) projects did not produce more journal articles per funded dollar than smaller projects. Project duration had no significant effect on the number of refereed publications, citation rates, or total citations per funded dollar across projects. Aquaculture projects had greater publication impact, per funded dollar than fisheries projects. Beyond the bibliometric measures, qualitative findings indicated that scientific impact was strongly influenced by motivations of project leaders and their institutions. We identified disparate impact performance among industries and countries. These findings could inform future overseas aid investments, policies and strategies. This study offers useful benchmarks for gauging scientific impacts of R4D programs and shows the value of using approaches that go beyond bibliometric measures.
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Uzhakhova, Leyla, and Dmitrii Vakorin. "Specific features of development of fishing industry in Russia." Vestnik of Astrakhan State Technical University. Series: Fishing industry 2019, no. 4 (December 13, 2019): 14–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.24143/2073-5529-2019-4-14-23.
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The article presents the assessment results of the current state and existing problems of the functioning and development of the Russian food industry based on the analysis of scientific, practical and legislative materials in the field of fisheries, fish farming and fish processing. The analysis was carried out in accordance with key indicators specified by the State Program for the Development of the Fisheries Complex of the Russian Federation, such as the volume of production (catch) of aquatic biological resources, the development of aquaculture, per capita consump-tion of fish and fish products by the population, the share of domestic agricultural, fishery products and food in the total volume commodity resources of the domestic market. The priority task is the transition from the export-raw material to the innovative type of development of the fisheries complex based on the conservation and rational use of aquatic biological resources, the introduction of new technologies, increasing the of domestic fish products ratio in the domestic and foreign markets and raising the competitiveness of the Russian fish products. Changes in the intensity and structure of fish and other aquatic biological resources production in the Russian aquaculture over the past decades are analyzed. Both negative and positive trends in the industrial development have been identified. A significant role in the sustainable development of fish industry is given to integration associations. The types of integrated fisheries business structures that are most prevalent
in Russia are considered. To solve existing problems and improve the competitiveness of the fishing industry, it was recommended to consolidate the efforts of the main industry partners in terms
of responsibility and economic trust, development of associative and regulatory framework tools.
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Del Río Salas, Martha, Angel Martínez Durazo, and Jara Marini Martín Enrique. "LA ACUICULTURA Y SU IMPACTO EN LA ZONA COSTERA DEL GOLFO DE CALIFORNIA/ THE AQUACULTURE AND THEIR IMPACT IN THE COASTAL ZONE OF THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA." Biotecnia 18, no. 3 (December 29, 2016): 37–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.18633/biotecnia.v18i3.334.
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La zona costera del Noroeste de México cuenta con una gran cantidad de lagunas costeras, con características y condiciones favorables para el desarrollo de la industria de la acuacultura. Actualmente, el cultivo de camarón es una de las industrias con mayor crecimiento en el mundo. Esta industria ha tenido un crecimiento acelerado en Norte y Sudamérica, y particularmente en México en el Golfo de California. En 2010, 70.3% de la producción acuícola de México provino del litoral del Golfo de California, de la cual 97.7% fue de granjas de camarón. Sin embargo, se han documentado diversos efectos adversos de la acuacultura: conflicto con otras actividades económicas (por ejemplo agricultura, pesquerías y turismo), el cambio de uso de suelo, la deforestación de manglares y diferentes tipos de contaminación (principalmente asociada a la descarga y filtración de materia orgánica). Los isótopos estables de C y N son una valiosa herramienta para detectar los posibles impactos de la acuacultura en los ecosistemas, ya que ayudan a determinar la dinámica de la materia orgánica descargada y/o filtrada a los ecosistemas marinos. Estos estudios permiten evaluar y planear el desarrollo sustentable de la acuacultura. Este enfoque se relaciona con el uso de los fundamentos de la eco-tecnología, los cuales buscan la auto-regulación y el auto-mantenimiento de los ecosistemas, causando alteraciones ecológicas mínimas. ABSTRACTThe coastal zone of Northwest of Mexico has many coastal lagoons with characteristics and conditions for the development of aquaculture industry. Actually, shrimp aquaculture is one of the industries with the major development in the world. This industry has had an accelerate growth in North and South America, and in México, particularly around the Gulf of California. In 2010, around 70.3% of the aquaculture production came from the Gulf of California littoral, and 97.7% of this total was from shrimp farms. However, there are documented many adverse effects associated to aquaculture: conflicts with other activities (e.g. agriculture, fisheries and tourism), change of use of land, mangrove deforestation and different types of pollution (mainly associated to discharge and filtration of residual organic matter). The stable isotopes of C and N areis a valuable tool in studies to detect the possible impacts of aquaculture on ecosystems, because help to determine the dynamic of organic matter discharged and/or filtered to marine environments. These studies allow evaluate and plan the sustainable development of aquaculture. This approach is related to eco-technology fundaments which seeks auto-regulation and auto-maintenance of ecosystems, causing minimal ecological disruption.
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ACKLEH, AZMY S., KARYN L. SUTTON, K. NADINE MUTOJI, AMRITA MALLICK, and DON G. ENNIS. "A STRUCTURED MODEL FOR THE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OFMYCOBACTERIUM MARINUMBETWEEN AQUATIC ANIMALS." Journal of Biological Systems 22, no. 01 (March 2014): 29–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218339014500028.
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Mycobacterium marinum (Mm), a genetically similar bacterium to Mycobacterium tuberculosis, affects a number of fish industries (fisheries, aquaculture, aquariums and research stocks) on a comparable scale to tuberculosis (TB) in humans. Because of this, and the practical advantages of working with animal models as opposed to humans, Mm infections in recently established fish models provide a unique opportunity for the study of mycobacterial infections. We derive a model of transmission dynamics of Mm in fish, which either involves consumption of an infected host or a source of bacteria to ensure "activation" into a highly infectious state. We derive a model of transmission within a food web, in which infected fish behavior is structured by infection severity. This is a key component as chronic (seemingly asymptomatic) infection is prominent in both fish and human TB. We illustrate, via a novel numerical scheme, that this model can be used to reproduce experimental settings. We further argue that the framework developed herein is a useful tool to address key questions such as design in experimental settings and potential control strategies in large-scale situations.
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Nayeem, Mir Abu, Amir Hossain, Mahidi Hossen Hannan, and Subrata Mondal. "Comparative analysis of nutritional quality of different fish feed available in greater Noakhali region, Bangladesh." Asian-Australasian Journal of Food Safety and Security 3, no. 1 (May 30, 2019): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/aajfss.v3i1.55921.
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An experiment was carried out to comparative analysis of nutritional quality of different fish feed from different feed dealers and industries in greater Noakhali region and to compare the values with those provided by the manufacturers. The feed samples were collected from different feed industries and dealer's shop of these region. Feed samples were collected during 10 August to 5 September, 2016. The collected feed samples were stored and analyzed in the Fish Nutrition Laboratory of the Department of Aquaculture in the Faculty of Fisheries, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh for proximate composition (moisture, ash, crude protein, crude lipid, crude fiber, carbohydrate) following standard methods. Results showed that there was significant variation between analyzed and company provided nutritive values of different feeds. Some feed samples have low moisture level (difference 0.7 to 3.3%). Ash content of the experimental samples also show a variety of results compared to their labeled composition. Only some feed have more values to the company provided values, such as, Mega starter (12.13%) and Bengal grower (12.75) proportion with 12%. Some feed contains more difference range of 6.01% more than labeled values is RP feed (20.01%). Maximum feed samples had lower crude protein (difference 0.05 to 4.65%) than the company provided protein values. However, only crude protein of Bengal finisher (29.95%) and Aftab grower (28.07%) feeds were found to be almost same to the company provided nutritive values (30% and 28%). The lipid, ash and carbohydrates contents of the experimental samples also have a difference range. The highest lipid values are available in Provita starter (9.76%) and lowest values containing feed Setu grower (4.33%). The highest carbohydrates content in the feed Provita starter (36.84%). The findings of this study demonstrated that low quality commercial fish feeds were supplied to the fish farmers by majority of feed companies. Therefore, the study will generate some information to the farmers which will help to choose the best feed for their aquaculture production.
Asian Australas. J. Food Saf. Secur. 2019, 3(1), 1-14
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Petros, Peter, Matthias Heilweck, and David Moore. "Saving the Planet with Appropriate Biotechnology: 5. An Action Plan." Mexican Journal of Biotechnology 6, no. 2 (April 1, 2021): 1–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.29267/mxjb.2021.6.2.1.
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We evaluate suggestions to harness the ability of calcifying organisms (molluscs, crustacea, corals and coccolithophore algae) to remove permanently CO2 from the atmosphere into solid (crystalline) CaCO3 for atmosphere remediation. Here, we compare this blue carbon with artificial/industrial Carbon dioxide Capture & Storage (CCS) solutions. An industrial CCS facility delivers, at some cost, captured CO2, nothing more. But aquaculture enterprises cultivating shell to capture and store atmospheric CO2 also produce nutritious food and perform many ecosystem services like water filtration, biodeposition, denitrification, reef building, enhanced biodiversity, shoreline stabilisation and wave management. We estimate that a mussel farm sequesters three times as much carbon as terrestrial ecosystems retain. Blue carbon farming does not need irrigation or fertiliser, nor conflict with the use of scarce agricultural land. Blue carbon farming can be combined with restoration and conservation of overfished fisheries and usually involves so little intervention that there is no inevitable conflict with other activities. We calculate that this paradigm shift (from ‘shellfish as food’ to ‘shellfish for carbon sequestration’) makes bivalve mollusc farming and microalgal farming enterprises, viable, profitable, and sustainable, alternatives to all CCUS industrial technologies and terrestrial biotechnologies in use today.
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Comín, Francisco A. "Management of the Ebro River Basin: Past, Present and Future." Water Science and Technology 40, no. 10 (November 1, 1999): 161–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1999.0516.
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The Ebro River Basin (85,500 km2 in NE Spain) is characterised by a marked spatial heterogeneity of its geology, topography, climatology and land use. Many reservoirs (138, total water storage capacity of 6,837 hm3) and canals were constructed during this century for agricultural irrigation, electricity production and domestic use. Now, irrigation is allowed in 778,284 ha. There are also 40 aquaculture systems producing 35% of the total Spanish trout production. The mouth of the Ebro River (a 320 km2 delta area) is very productive for agriculture and fisheries. Industrial activities are localised in the upper NW and central parts of the Basin, causing low water quality in the fluvial system. Salinisation of land and river water occurs in the central part, because of salt dissolution, run-off from irrigated fields and groundwater abstraction. Present management is under the responsibility of different administrative agencies. A special agency is responsible for water control and distribution. A new management plan has been recently prepared with the major objective of satisfying the water demands, which are estimated as 7,000 hm3 yr−1 (18,200 hm3 yr−1 is the estimated available water). Most of this comes from agriculture for irrigation (6,310 hm3 yr−1), human use (313 hm3 yr−1) and industrial activities (414 hm3 yr−1). Water is also demanded from other basins. A total water demand of 10,771 hm3 yr−1 has been estimated in the Ebro Basin for the year 2015, maintaining similar proportions as before for the three major uses. In the future, saving and recycling water should be incorporated to the basin management as part of an strategy to distribute water as a function of existing and potential uses in the Basin and for promoting and re-adapting land and water uses to the availability of the resources, including inter-annual climatic fluctuations, and to preserve natural habitats.
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Priambodo, Nalendro, Sri Murlianti, and Martinus Nanang. "Changes in Production Modes and Intellectual Relations in Managing the Behavior of Oil and Gas Labors in Muara Badak District." Progress In Social Development 1, no. 1 (January 2, 2020): 31–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.30872/psd.v1i1.17.
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This study aims to identify the pattern of changes in the mode of production of people who work as farmers and fishermen in Kutai Kartanegara Regency, especially Muara Badak District after the entry of the oil and gas industry in the region, and analyze how intellectual relations are in regulating the behavior of oil and gas workers along with the social, economic and political impacts. raised. This type of qualitative research uses the Grounded Theory approach. The results of this study indicate that changes in the way people produce from agriculture, plantations, and traditional fisheries in Muara Badak District have been accompanied by a mechanism for releasing social ties to land and sea through intermediary policies that are pro to the formation of industrial commodities for market interests and result in a decline in the domestic industry due to dependence. in the oil and gas industry. This dependence also gave birth to an intellectual layer and a working class that served the interests of the plantation, aquaculture and oil and gas-based industries. The process of its journey was accompanied by the emergence of various kinds of class conflicts, which gave rise to types of organic intellectuals who tried to fight back against the exploitation that occurred.
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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengindentifikasikan pola perubahan mode produksi masyarakat yang berprofesi sebagai petani dan nelayan di Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara, khususnya Kecamatan Muara Badak setelah masuknya industri migas di wilayah tersebut dan menganalisis bagaimana relasi intelektual dalam pengaturan prilaku buruh migas beserta dampak sosial, ekonomi dan politik yang ditimbulkan. Jenis penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan Grounded Theory. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan bahwa perubahan cara masyarakat berproduksi dari pertanian, perkebunan dan perikanan tradisional di Kecamatan Muara Badak ikut dibarengi dengan mekanisme pelepasan ikatan sosial dengan tanah dan laut melalui perantara kebijakan yang pro terhadap pembentukan komoditas industri untuk kepentingan pasar serta mengakibatkan kemunduran industri domestik akibat ketergantungan pada industri migas. Ketergantungan ini juga melahirkan lapisan intelektual dan kelas buruh yang mengabdi pada kepentingan industri berbasis perkebunan, pertambakan dan migas. Dalam proses perjalalanannya juga dibarengi dengan kemunculan berbagai macam konflik kelas sehingga memunculkan jenis intelektual organik yang berusaha melakukan perlawanan balik terhadap eksploitasi yang terjadi.
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Llope, Marcos. "The ecosystem approach in the Gulf of Cadiz. A perspective from the southernmost European Atlantic regional sea." ICES Journal of Marine Science 74, no. 1 (October 12, 2016): 382–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsw165.
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This article considers the major events in recent history, current situation and prospects for developing an ecosystem-based style of management in the Gulf of Cadiz. This particular socio-ecosystem is characterised by a clear focal ecosystem component—the role of the estuary of the Guadalquivir River as a nursery area—that has an influence on the marine ecosystem and at the same time concentrates a number of sectoral human activities. This nursery role particularly concerns the anchovy fishery, which is the most economically and culturally important fishery in the region. As a transition zone between river and marine environments, estuaries are particularly sensitive to human activities, either directly developed within the aquatic environment and its surroundings or further upstream within its catchment area. The particularities of the Guadalquivir socio-ecosystem, with an area of influence that extends as far as the city of Seville, require the consideration of multiple sectors and the corresponding conflicting interests. These include the shipping and tourism sectors, the agriculture, aquaculture, salt and mining industries, and the fisheries and conservation interests. This article aims to give an overview of the high-level policy goals and the jurisdictional framework, scope the sectors involved and describe the pressures and risks of their activities. It will identify conflicting interests relating to different visions of the ecosystem as well as the institutional arrangements that could be used to balance them and finally, put forward a vision for using ecosystem-based information to improve multi-sectoral management decisions.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Aquaculture Fisheries Agricultural industries"
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Muhoozi, Levi Ivor. "Exploitation and management of the artisanal fisheries in the Ugandan waters of Lake Victoria." Thesis, University of Hull, 2002. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3549.
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The fisheries resources of Lake Victoria support the livelihoods to the lakeside rural communities and are vital to the economies of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, especially through fish exports. Management decisions to enable long-term sustainable exploitation of these fisheries require appropriate knowledge of the fishing effort and catch statistics, as these are pertinent for evaluating the fish stocks and future prospects of the fishery. Catch assessment programmes in the Ugandan part of the lake, which should provide this type of information, collapsed in the late 1980s. This study evaluated the current status of fishing effort and fish catches and their implications for the management of the fisheries in the Ugandan part of Lake Victoria. Historical trends in fishing effort and fish catches, total fishing effort in 1990 and 2000, and the current status of fish catch-effort, in the Ugandan part of the lake, were examined.
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Vaterlaus-Staby, Claire F. "An Analysis of the Potential Environmental Remediation and Economic Benefits Anaerobic Digesters Offer to the Dairy and Swine Industries: A Comparison of China and the U.S." Thesis, Harvard University, 2015. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:24078369.
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The purpose of this research is to investigate the environmental remediation and energy potential of anaerobic digesters on pig and dairy farms and to demonstrate how incorporating those benefits into a cost-benefit analysis would make biodigester projects more financially feasible. By assigning dollar values to the emissions and water pollution avoided by this technology, I sought to update the traditional cost-benefit analyses (CBAs) to demonstrate that this technology is more widely applicable. The study took place In the Lake Champlain Drainage Basin, USA and the Lake Tai Drainage Basin, China. Dairy and pork production are high density endeavors and produce large quantities of waste which make them ideal candidates for biodigesters. Using standard emissions estimates and gas production rates from past research and from the current Cow Power Program in Vermont, the methane and nitrous oxide emissions averted by adding a biodigester to a particular farm were estimated. Additionally, using past research, the total nitrogen and phosphorous collected by the biodigesters and diverted from becoming classified as non-point source pollution was calculated, valued, and incorporated into a CBA tool. The results from this study show that the incorporation of environmental benefits in a CBA for Green Mountain Dairy increased profitability by 60% and reduced the payback period by two years. Overall, projects that include environmental benefits are 72% more profitable and the payback period is cut in half. Further development of the CBA tool is needed to strengthen results. This study points to the need for more experimental data on the environmental benefits of biodigesters.
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McIntosh, Dennis. "Reducing the environmental impact of aquaculture." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289234.
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Aquaculture has great potential to help supply the nutritional needs of a growing population. To date, however, the benefits that aquaculture can have, have largely been overshadowed by the environmental degradation some segments of the industry have caused. The following body of work describes my efforts to help reduce the environmental impacts of aquaculture. By integrating aquaculture production into traditional agriculture, the impact of farming on already limited water resources and the reliance on chemical fertilizers can be reduced. Recent expansion of the aquaculture industry in Arizona has made it possible to study the integration of olive groves with marine shrimp culture. In chapter 3, I describe the characterization and evaluation of the effluent from an inland, low-salinity shrimp farm as a potential source of irrigation water. I found that 0.41 kg of ammonia-nitrogen, 0.698 kg of nitrite-nitrogen, 8.7 kg of nitrate-nitrogen and 0.93 kg of total phosphorus (TP) were made available as fertilizer each day in the effluent water. Based on the results of this first study, I decided to conduct a farm trial to quantify the effects of these shrimp farm effluents on olive trees. This work is described in chapter 4. Trees in all treatment groups grew an average of 40.1 cm over the four month study period. While growth of trees irrigated with shrimp farm effluent did not improve in respect to the other treatments, our results do indicate that irrigating with low-salinity water had no noticeable negative effects. Chapter 5 describes work conducted in Idaho, as part of a larger study aimed at reducing the effluent loads of phosphorus (P) from high density, flow-through aquaculture facilities. Research steps were taken to establish a relationship between TP and the carbon 12/13 isotope ratio (δ¹³C) and/or the nitrogen 14/15 isotope ratio (δ¹⁵N). Our findings suggest that both δ¹⁵N and δ¹³C are good better proxies for P, after correcting for P retention. A linear regression of %P (corrected) on δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N resulted in R2 values of 0.843 and 0.8622, respectively. This suggests that by tracking δ¹⁵N and/or δ¹³C through a high-density, flow-through aquaculture facility over time I will be able to determine the residence time of P with a high degree of accuracy.
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Sherif, Souad Mohammed. "The economic feasibility of introducing aquaculture into traditional farming systems in Arizona." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/288781.
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The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the economic feasibility of introducing fish culture into irrigated cotton production on farms in central Arizona. The representative farm adopted in this study is a cotton farm described in Arizona Field Crop Budgets, 1994-95. The only adjustment necessary for the farmer to make is to keep water in the ditches at all times. Water as a production variable for fish production was thus calculated only for the additional quantity required. Analysis of these production systems was accomplished by budgeting procedures as well as statistical analysis. The economic-engineering (synthetic firm technique) was employed to develop the input-output coefficients necessary for analysis. Five fish densities and eight ditch capacities were tested. The production function was estimated using input and yield data. Three functional forms (linear, quadratic and Cobb-Douglas) were examined to determine how well they estimated the production system. Using budget analysis, a fish stocking density of six fish per cubic meter and a ditch capacity of 2,925 m3 appear to provide the optimal production scenario, if the percentage of fish reaching harvestable size is improved from 66 percent to at least 80 percent. This density has been proven to require minimum production costs and to provide the most efficient use of resources. However, production functions estimated in this study indicate that profits can be increased through additional use of feed. At any ditch capacity, a density of six fish per cubic meter, provides the optimal economic results, MVP = PX2 Finally, the implication of the findings of this study are that raising tilapia in irrigation ditch systems on cotton farms in central Arizona is feasible at a stocking density of six fish per cubic meter. Studies to improve the percentage of fish reaching marketable size at this density is very critical. Increasing the initial size of the fingerlings could be a consideration in improving the percentage of fish reaching marketable size and eventually increasing optimum economic returns.
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Schnier, Kurt E. "Economic analysis of spatially heterogeneous resources: The case of the fishery." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280326.
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This dissertation investigates the implication of combining economic and ecological models in an effort to expand our knowledge of the complex problems associated with resource management. The motivation for this research arises from the perceived need to develop a better understanding of how the flow dynamics within a resource affect the efficient management of that resource. Following the introduction, the second chapter experimentally tests the theoretical models of agent behavior in patchy resource environments under both sole-ownership and competitive extraction regimes. In each setting experimental results indicate that subjects over-allocate vessels to regions that possess the greatest rates of emigration within the bioeconomic system relative to the theoretical predictions. This introduces a "spatial externality" because over-harvesting in one region reduces the harvest in the surrounding regions. The third chapter proposes a potential solution to the problems associated with a spatial externality by analyzing the use of marine reserves in the presence of a heterogeneously distributed resource. This is conducted by introducing the presence of biological "hot spots" (areas within a fishery that possess a larger growth potential than the surrounding areas) with spatial rates of migration into the current economic theory. Simulation results indicate that the presence of biological hot spots within a fishery creates an environment within which it is optimal to establish a marine reserve that increases the value of the fishery. The fourth chapter makes use of my earlier experimental and simulation research, which indicate that locational choice and the spatial distribution of effort should affect the management of the fishery. Within this chapter a spatial Heckit model is developed to empirically investigate for the presence of herding behavior among yellowfin sole and Pacific cod fishermen in the Eastern Bering Sea. Econometric results provide support for herding behavior among fishermen within the yellowfin sole fishery. Moreover, fishermen respond to the lagged biomass and spatially weighted biomass signals as significant determinants of locational choice. This results in Lotka-Volterra oscillations in the Pacific cod fishery. In the final chapter of this dissertation, the general findings are concluded and some future avenues of research are discussed.
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Ganter, Sylvain. "Modelling the Grand Banks commercial fishing fleet: Fleet structure, fishing performance and economic viability." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28165.
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The Grand Banks commercial fishing industry has been faced with several crises in the past decades. These crises have included the major financial crunch and inflation of the late 1970s and early 1980s, as well as the resources collapse of the Northern cod stock and other groundfish stocks in the 1990s followed by the foreign fishing disputes of the mid 1990s. The thesis examines the evolution of the fishing industry in Atlantic Canada during these critical years with focus on the fisheries of the Grand Banks. A linear programming model of the configuration of the Grand Banks commercial fishing fleet is formulated to describe the post 2000 period. The model is driven using the results of an extensive analysis of historical records for this recent period. The model results are validated by comparing them with historical average annual data over the period 2000-2005. The linear programming model is run under several scenarios emulating changes in government policy and economic conditions affecting the harvesting sector. Based on the results, alternative fishing fleet configurations for the Grand Banks fishery are defined to improve the economic viability of the fishing fleet. The model pointed to changes in fleet configuration including a rationalization of the shrimp and crab fleets and a shift to longline vessels with higher-valued product for groundfish harvesting. Once implemented, these suggestions would advance the goals of the new "Oceans to Plate" approach to fisheries management recently announced by Fisheries and Oceans, Canada.
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Malleret-King, Delphine. "A food security approach to marine protected area impacts on surrounding fishing communities : the case of Kisite Marine National Park in Kenya." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2000. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/2923/.
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Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been suggested as one of the solutions to coral reef fisheries management. It is thought that their effects on biomass, species diversity and habitat could improve surrounding fisheries yields through fish migration and increased recruitment. However, MPAs' benefits on surrounding fisheries are difficult to establish due to the lack of historical data. Furthermore, the lack of involvement of stakeholders have led to a number of failures. MPAs in the form of No Take Zones (NTZ), which aim to promote the sustainable use of fisheries resources, might contribute to the successful management of coral reef fisheries. However, few studies have considered their benefits from the point of view of surrounding fishing communities. It is evident that if stakeholders are to be further involved in MPA management, they need to perceive the benefits. The hypothesis tested was that if NTZs are of benefit to surrounding communities, their food security situation would be improved. The fieldwork was carried out in Southern Kenya with five fishing communities located around a long established MPA. The study showed that a range of food security indicators gave good information on MPAs' benefits to the surrounding communities. It was found that these benefits were highly affected by distances. Thus, although fishing households were the least food secure, they were better off if they fished nearer the protected reefs. Households dependent on MPA-related tourism were the most food secure but this dependency decreased with the communities' distance from the main tour operators. The results showed that MPAs' benefits were not equally shared by the communities bearing most of the costs. In addition, it was also found that tourism seasonality does not always compensate for the seasonality of other activities. Furthermore, tourism could not be assumed to develop around MPAs and provide reliable alternative employment.
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Stark, Alyson N. "The Consequences of Increasing Ocean Acidification on Local and Global Fishing Industries." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2010. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/70.
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As human activities continue to generate accelerating levels of carbon dioxide emissions, the world’s oceanic resources are threatened by variability in seawater chemistry, known as ocean acidification. Recent increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide have resulted in decreased carbonate ion concentrations and ocean pH levels, leading to increasingly acidic waters. The exact consequences of these chemical changes on ecosystems and individual species are difficult to predict; however, research has shown that economically valuable calcifying species will experience reduced reproductive fitness and population declines. Ocean acidification, therefore, poses an immediate risk to both fish stocks and fishery industries. From a local perspective, individual regions will need to implement dynamic management strategies to prepare for anticipated economic consequences. In a global context, international cooperation is required for further research and collaborative efforts must be made to reduce future acidification.
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Harrison, Sarah A. "Livelihood strategies and lifestyle choices of fishers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast." Thesis, Mississippi State University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3618247.
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This study was initiated to assess the biological, ecological and sociological aspects of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, fishery associated with the Pascagoula River Estuary in southern Mississippi. Household surveys were conducted in the cities of Moss Point and Pascagoula, Mississippi, September 2010 to September 2011, to identify, describe and classify subsistence fishing activities associated with the estuary. A stock assessment of blue crab was conducted to determine how biological and environmental variability affect the people engaged in this subsistence fishery.
The study revealed two types of subsistence fishing occurring in the Moss Point/Pascagoula area. The first type involves fishing as a livelihood strategy based on economic dependence, and the second type involves fishing as a lifestyle choice based on economic independence. Both are based on customary and traditional patterns of local resource use and consumption and maintained by reciprocal kinship-based social networks.
The blue crab fishery in the Pascagoula River Estuary was highly variable and exhibited strong seasonal and spatial patterns in distribution and abundance. Subsistence fishers in the region have developed strategies to cope with this biological and environmental variability. These region-specific strategies include but are not limited to: fishing using multiple gears simultaneously (rod and reel and crab nets), freezing fish, relying on other natural resources including agriculture and wildlife, and generalized reciprocity.
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Valdez-Gardea, Gloria. "People's responses in a time of crisis: Marginalization in the upper Gulf of California." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280024.
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This dissertation explores the creative ways in which particular individuals and the community in general, responds to economic crisis and perceived marginality. It shows how residents of El Golfo de Santa Clara, a small community in the upper Gulf of California, with their meager incomes, fuller utilization of kinship and other social sources, participation in illegal and informal activities, migration, and political participation, are contesting their marginality and resisting the social and economic outcome of state policies in the area. Residents' feeling of frustration and disempowerment increased during the early 1990s. Because of ecological changes and structural adjustment policies the shrimp industry in the Gulf of California collapsed. Household salaries dropped drastically; fishermen were unemployed and families had to look for different strategies to survive. In the midst of the economic crisis residents of El Golfo were told of the decree of a biosphere reserve, which initially had the objective of restricting fishing activity in the area. People's responses involved individual and collective performances and discursive critiques of state authority as represented by the management team of the biosphere reserve. Residents pressed their rights to get involved in the management of the area as well as their rights to get infrastructural services for the town. People's responses show that marginality and poverty had nothing to do with a 'natural' or 'biological' condition, as presented by some earlier anthropological studies of the Mexican countryside, but with a historical economic inequality and the distribution of wealth within the country. The peoples' responses to their economic and political situation underline a critique to their perceived identity as a "rural community" by the managers of the biosphere reserve and authorities that categorized rural people as backward, isolated, uncivilized, and unimportant in the larger social formation. These local responses to the political and economic context suggest that anthropologists should take a more engaged approach in the study of the Mexican countryside.
Books on the topic "Aquaculture Fisheries Agricultural industries"
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library, Wiley online, ed. Aquaculture Engineering. 2nd ed. Chicester: Wiley, 2013.
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A, Mathias J., Charles Anthony Trevor 1956-, and Hu Baotong, eds. Integrated fish farming: Proceedings of a Workshop on Integrated Fish Farming held in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China, October 11-15, 1994. Boca Raton, Fla: CRC Press, 1998.
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Gizella, Tamás, and Seagrave Chris, eds. Carp and pond fish culture: Including Chinese herbivorous species, pike, tench, zander, wels catfish and goldfish. Oxford: Fishing News Books, 1992.
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Gizella, Tamás, and Seagrave Chris, eds. Carp and pond fish culture: Including Chinese herbivorous species, pike, tench, zander, wels catfish, goldfish, African goldfish and sterlet. 2nd ed. Oxford, UK: Fishing News Books, 2002.
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Gizella, Tamás, and Seagrave Chris, eds. Carp and pond fish culture: Including Chinese herbivorous species, pike, tench, zander, wels catfish, and goldfish. New York: Halsted Press, 1992.
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Ridler, Neil B. Promotion of sustainable commercial aquaculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001.
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Pomeroy, R. S. Fishery co-management: A practical handbook. Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK: CABI Pub., 2005.
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Arve, Misund Ole, ed. Dynamics of pelagic fish distribution and behaviour: Effects on fisheries and stock assessment. Oxford: Fishing News Books, 1999.
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Indian Ocean Tuna Commmission. Session. Report of the Second Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission, Mahé, Seychelles, 22-25 September 1997 =: Rapport de la deuxième session de la Commission des thons de L'Océan indien, Mahé, Seychelles, 22-25 septembre 1997. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 1997.
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Asche, Frank, James L. Anderson, and Taryn M. Garlock. "Food from the water – fisheries and aquaculture." In The Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 134–58. New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315623351-9.
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Welcomme, Robin L. "Trends in Fisheries and Aquaculture Production in Europe." In European Agricultural Research in the 21st Century, 174–88. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03692-1_24.
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Hobday, Alistair J., Rodrigo H. Bustamante, Anna Farmery, Aysha Fleming, Stewart Frusher, Bridget S. Green, Lilly Lim-Camacho, et al. "Growth opportunities for marine fisheries and aquaculture industries in a changing climate." In Applied Studies in Climate Adaptation, 139–55. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118845028.ch16.
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Cecilia Gortari, María, and Roque Alberto Hours. "Crustaceans Used in Biotechnology." In Fisheries and Aquaculture, 463–94. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190865627.003.0018.
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Exploitation of aquatic natural resources contributes to important economic and social services to the world’s population. According to the latest FAO statistics, aquaculture production reached 167.2 million tons in 2014, representing values of nearly USD285 billion. Particularly, crustacean production represents 9% of the total, representing almost 7 Mt, which generates a great amount of waste, mainly from the exoskeletons. The increasing tendency toward a responsible and sustainable production that combines economic development and the conservation of natural resources has generated changes regarding production management. Within this framework, the biotechnological use of waste not only provides an added value to materials that have been traditionally discarded but also can reduce the environmental contamination resulting from their chemical processing. Thus, there is an opportunity for the preparation of substances with high aggregate value, such as chitin and its derivatives (chitosan, chito-oligosaccharides, and glucosamine), proteins, lipids, and carotenoid pigments. Byproducts resulting from the processing of crustaceans have potential applications in the food, pharmaceutical, textile, biomedical, and agricultural industries as well as in bio- and nanotechnology. In addition, the biomimetic of the structures, functions, and properties of the exoskeletons of crustaceans and the processes involved in their formation constitute the basis for the development of diverse structures, such as laminates or buildings, the creation of new materials that are potentially useful in diverse areas, and the adoption of novel modes of technologies.
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Wahle, Richard A., Adrian J. Linnane, and Amalia M. Harrington. "Lobster Fisheries." In Fisheries and Aquaculture, 56–90. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190865627.003.0003.
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Lobster fisheries represent some of the most iconic and valuable fisheries in the world. This chapter provides an overview of the commercial species of lobster in the families Palinuridae, Nephropidae, and Scyllaridae, commonly known as spiny, clawed, and slipper lobsters, respectively. Together, in 2015 these fisheries comprised about 14% of the economic value of crustacean fisheries globally. While the clawed lobster fisheries rank as the world’s most productive lobster fisheries, the spiny and slipper lobster fisheries are by far the most diverse. Notably, the clawed lobsters of the genera Homarus and Nephrops of the cool, temperate North Atlantic dominate world lobster production, whereas fisheries for the spiny lobster genera Panulirus, Palinurus, and Jasus and two slipper lobster genera, Thenus and Scyllarides, span much of the world’s tropical and warm temperate coastal zones. The review starts with a description of the distinguishing features of the biology and life history of the three families, including a geographic overview of their fisheries and how they are managed. Then discussed are the challenges confronting lobster fishing industries, fishery managers, and scientists in a changing ecosystem and global economy. The chapter closes by identifying directions for future research to address these challenges. Although space precludes an exhaustive review of all 27 commercial lobster fisheries recognized by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), consistent and compelling themes emerge across the well-studied fisheries. Where long-term fisheries and environmental data time series have accumulated, it is evident that the geographic ranges of the productive segments of the fisheries are shifting poleward, forcing fishery scientists to reconsider long-held assumptions of stationarity common in stock assessment. These changes, in concert with the sometimes unpredictable forces of a global economy, have become a driving force for new innovations in the business and management of lobster fisheries.
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Einarsson, Ágúst, and Ásta Dís Óladóttir. "Processing and related industries." In Fisheries and Aquaculture, 177–200. Elsevier, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-821056-7.00009-3.
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Collier, William L. "Aquaculture and Artisanal Fisheries." In Agricultural and Rural Development in Indonesia, 275–94. Routledge, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429048364-23.
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Powell, Adam, Sara Barrento, and Daniel M. Cowing. "Management and Handling of Commercial Crustaceans." In Fisheries and Aquaculture, 496–524. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190865627.003.0019.
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Current crustacean production (~14 Mt) and value (up to USD60 billion) is significant and likely to increase further during the twenty-first century. Satisfactory management and handling of live crustaceans are important to safeguard the value, security, safety, and sustainability of wild-caught and aquaculture-sourced fisheries and increasingly to foster improved welfare and public perception of both industries. Decapod crustaceans are frequently transported live and internationally over long distances and experience anthropogenic stressors from point of capture to point of sale. Physical handling, emersion in air, and temperature fluctuations are key examples of stressors, which elicit progressive behavioral, physiological, and immunological stress responses in crustaceans. Stress responses are initiated to return the individual to a state of homeostasis; if these fail, then physiological collapse, a loss of vitality, and death will likely occur. There are several ways to mitigate the impact of stressors, reduce associated stress responses, and thus maintain quantity (survival, weight) and quality (vitality, sensorial perception) of live crustaceans. These include improved fishing techniques, better handling and operating procedures, and the introduction of proven equipment and facilities during the supply chain. The action of stressors and the effectiveness of potential mitigating strategies have been studied intensively via behavioral analysis and hemolymph sampling to ascertain changes in metabolites and the immune system. Finally, improved handling and management include global and ethical considerations, supported by relevant research, which may be achieved by adopting best practices and standards and by ensuring welfare and disease regulations.
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Meyer Jepsen, Per, Kristian Syberg, Guillaume Drillet, and Benni Winding Hansen. "Planktonic Crustacean Culture—Live Planktonic Crustaceans as Live Feed for Finfish and Shrimps in Aquaculture." In Fisheries and Aquaculture, 342–66. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190865627.003.0014.
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The cultivation of planktonic crustaceans as live feed is of paramount importance for the aquaculture and aquarium industries. The use of live cladocerans as feed for freshwater fish is limited to the aquarium industry, whereas Artemia and copepods are used to feed edible marine fish larvae with small mouth gape. Live feed production is expensive and time consuming; therefore, it is only used for fish that cannot be fed an inert diet directly, and only until they are ready for weaning to an inert diet. High-quality planktonic crustacean cultures are furthermore used to conduct environmental risk assessments for hazardous chemicals. Cladocerans are widely used for ecotoxicology testing, but Artemia and copepods are emerging as new model species. The present chapter reviews the culturing procedures of these important planktonic crustaceans: Artemia, cladocerans, and copepods. It discusses their use as live feed and as test organisms for environmental risk assessments. The culturing procedures are categorized into three complexity levels: Extensive, semi-extensive, and intensive. In general, the pros for Artemia and cladocerans are that they are easier to culture than copepods. Copepods are often more difficult in term of culture requirements and feeding. Nevertheless, copepods have the advantage of being in either freshwater or saline water, whereas cladocerans are limited to freshwater and Artemia to seawater. Artemia cysts and copepod eggs have a well-defined protocol for storage and distribution to aquaculture end users. Cladocerans, however, have the potential for the ephippia stage, although this is not well developed. For toxicological testing, three species are used: Artemia franciscana, Daphnia magna, and Acartia tonsa, with Artemia and A. tonsa in seawater testing, D. magna in freshwater testing. The chapter concludes with a comparative analysis of these organisms from use and culturing capability and demonstrates that there are strong similarities and challenges across these taxa.
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Behringer, Donald C., Chelsea L. Wood, Martin Krkošek, and David Bushek. "Disease in fisheries and aquaculture." In Marine Disease Ecology, 183–210. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198821632.003.0010.
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Infectious marine diseases have profound impacts on fisheries and aquaculture through their effects on growth, fecundity, mortality, and marketability. Economic losses have motivated research to minimize the negative impacts of disease on these industries. However, this relationship is reciprocal, as fishing and aquaculture can shape disease transmission. The effects of fisheries and aquaculture on disease are scale dependent, with different outcomes at the population, metapopulation, community, and ecosystem levels. Management approaches are limited in fisheries, and intense in aquaculture, sometimes with undesirable impacts on wild species. Management needs can be particularly intense in hatcheries, where stocks are sensitive and kept at high densities. Increased interest in microbiome–disease interactions are opening up new opportunities to manage marine diseases in aquaculture. Solutions for marine diseases in fisheries and aquaculture may ultimately improve human health by reducing exposure to pathogens and increasing nutrient quality, but could negatively impact human health through exposure to antibiotics and other chemicals used to treat parasites.
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A. Ongo, Emelda, Candy S. Valdecañas, and Bernard Jude M. Gutierrez. "UTILIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL WASTES FOR OIL SPILLS REMEDIATION." In International Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture. TIIKM, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.17501/icoaf.2016.2106.
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Schindler, Rob, Sean Comber, and Andrew Manning. "METAL POLLUTANT PATHWAYS IN COHESIVE COASTAL CATCHMENTS: INFLUENCE OF FLOCCULATION ON PARTITIONING AND FLUX." In GEOLINKS International Conference. SAIMA Consult Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/geolinks2020/b2/v2/09.
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Potentially toxic metals (PTMs) dispersed within catchments from land-based sources pose serious, long-term threats to aquatic ecology and human health. Their chemical state or form affects the potential for transportation and bioavailability and ultimate environmental fate. PTMs are transported either as (1) particulates adsorbed onto sediments, or 2) solutes in groundwater and open channel flow. Cohesive sediment occupies a major part of the world’s coastlines. PTMs are readily sorbed onto clay/silt and consequently particulate-borne PTMs dominate in estuaries and coastal waters. Sediments also represent a considerable ‘sink’ of contaminants which can be periodically remobilized. The role of suspended particulates in the uptake, release, and transport of heavy metals is thus a crucial link in understanding PTM dispersion in these environments. Cohesive sediment is subject to flocculation which dictates the behaviour of suspended sediment. PTM partitioning, flocculation and particulate-borne PTM dynamics are spatially and temporally variable in response to a complex array of inter-related physical and chemical factors exhibited within tidal catchments. However, knowledge of the dispersion and accumulation of both particulate and soluble forms of PTMs within cohesive coastal catchments is limited by little understanding of the association of PTMs with flocculated sediments and their subsequent deposition. This study investigates the influence of changing hydrodynamics and salinities to reveal the partitioning coefficients (Kp) and PTM settling flux (PTMSF) for different spatial and temporal locations within an idealized mesotidal catchment. The data show that the ratio of soluble and particulate-borne PTMs are dependent on salinity and flocculation, and that PTMSF is dependent upon partitioning and flocculation dynamics. Kp is largely dictated by salinity, but floc size and suspended particulate matter concentration (SPMC) are also influential, particular for PTMs with low chloride complexation and in freshwater. PTMSF is a function of Kp, floc size and settling velocity and varies by up to 3 orders of magnitude in response to changing environmental conditions. Findings will improve our ability to predict and monitor contaminant transport for PTMs generated by industries such as agriculture, mining, fisheries, aquaculture & marine engineers. They can be incorporated in existing decision making tools, and help improve numerical modelling parameteristion, to maintain environmental quality standards and limit the impacts of bioavailability of metals in aquatic environment.
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PILVERE, Irina, Aleksejs NIPERS, and Bartosz MICKIEWICZ. "BIOECONOMY DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL BASED ON MORE EFFICIENT LAND USE IN THE EU." In Rural Development 2015. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2015.101.
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Europe 2020 Strategy highlights bioeconomy as a key element for smart and green growth in Europe. Bioeconomy in this case includes agriculture, forestry, fisheries, food and pulp and paper production, parts of chemical, biotechnological and energy industries and plays an important role in the EU’s economy. The growth of key industries of bioeconomy – agriculture and forestry – highly depends on an efficient and productive use of land as a production resource. The overall aim of this paper is to evaluate opportunities for development of the main sectors of bioeconomy (agriculture and forestry) in the EU based on the available resources of land. To achieve this aim, several methods were used – monographic, analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, statistical analysis methods. The findings show that it is possible to improve the use of land in the EU Member States. If all the Member States reached the average EU level, agricultural products worth EUR 77 bln would be annually additionally produced, which is 19 % more than in 2014, and an extra 5 billion m3 volume of forest growing stock would be gained, which is 20 % more than in 2010.
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Holthus, Paul F. "Creating Multi-Sectoral Ocean Industry Leadership in Marine Spatial Management." In ASME 2009 28th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. ASMEDC, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2009-79044.
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Marine spatial management is emerging as a key tool for managing and conserving marine ecosystems. The development and implementation of ocean zoning, especially Marine Protected Area (MPA) networks, is expanding rapidly around the world. At a global scale, ocean zoning and MPAs are being pursued in many processes through a variety of governmental, inter-governmental (e.g. UN agencies, regional bodies), with significant input from non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Ocean industries, e.g. oil and gas, shipping, fisheries, aquaculture, etc. are the principle user group affected by ocean zoning. Important new ocean uses are under development as well, e.g. offshore wind, ocean energy, carbon sequestration. The creation of ocean zones, such as MPA networks, will have major effects on industry access to marine space and resources, with significant implications for exploration, development, production and transport. It is essential that the industry constructively engage with marine spatial management efforts and stakeholders to ensure that the process is well informed and balanced. This will increase the potential for industry to respect the management regulations of ocean areas often far removed from the reach of governments. Unfortunately, industry is often not present at key ocean zoning developments, especially at the international level, and is not engaged in a constructive, coordinated manner that brings together the range of industries operating in the marine environment. Barriers to industry involvement in marine spatial management include: 1) Lack of understanding of the movement and momentum behind ocean zoning efforts; 2) Limited engagement in the multi-stakeholder processes where zoning is moving most rapidly, e.g. Convention on Biological Diversity, because industry is engaged in sectoral processes; 3) Lack of means for engaging the broader ocean business community on marine management and sustainability issues, particularly at a global level. This paper will outline the need, opportunity and progress in creating proactive, constructive industry leadership and collaboration on ocean zoning, including: 1) Developing an understanding of marine spatial management issues, stakeholders and process; 2) Actively engaging in key international multi-stakeholder processes that are pursuing MPAs and other zoning efforts; 3) Building constructive relationships among ocean industries and other ocean zoning stakeholders; 4) Creating practical experience by constructively engaging in ocean zoning developments in a specific regions.