Aquaculture : resource use, and the environment / / Claude E. Boyd, Professor, Water Quality, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Alabama, USA ; Aaron A. McNevin, Director, Aquaculture, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910132303003321
• Autore: Boyd Claude E.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons Inc., , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-118-85791-7; 1-118-85781-X; 1-118-85807-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (366 p.)
• Disciplina: 639.8
• Soggetti: Aquaculture - Environmental aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An overview of aquaculture -- World population -- World food production -- Assessing resource use and environmental impacts -- Land use -- Water use by aquaculture systems -- Energy use and atmospheric emissions -- Protein conversion and the fish meal and oil issue -- Chemicals in aquaculture -- Water pollution -- Biodiversity -- Governmental regulations -- Best management practices -- Eco-label certification -- Some final thoughts.
• Sommario/riassunto: Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment places aquaculture within the larger context of global population growth, increased demand for sustainable, reliable sources of food, and the responsible use of natural resources. Aquaculture production has grown rapidly in recent decades as over-exploitation and environmental degradation have drastically reduced wild fish stocks. As fish production has increased, questions have persisted about the environmental sustainability of current aquaculture practices. Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment is a timely synthesis and analysis o