Aquaculture and the Environment

Aquaculture and the Environment Second Edition T. V. R. Pillay The continuing rapid increases in aquaculture production world--wide raise fears of further environmental degradation of the aquatic environment. The second edition of this well--received book brings together and discusses the available information on all major environmental aspects of various aquaculture systems, providing a valuable aid to the preparation of environmental impact assessments of aquaculture projects and showing how potential environmental problems can be reduced or mitigated by sound management. Much new information is presented in this new edition, including details of the impact of genetically modified food products and a new chapter on the sustainability of aquaculture, which covers the definitions of sustainability and responsible aquaculture, environmental, economic, social and ethical aspects of sustainability and the concept of ecotechnology in fish farming. Aquaculture and the Environment, Second Edition is essential reading for all personnel working on fish farms and for those moving into the aquatic farm business. Environmental scientists, ecologists, conservationists, fish and shellfish biologist and all those involved in the preservation of aquatic environments will find much of great use and interest within the covers of this book. Libraries in all universities and research establishments where these subjects are studied and taught should have copies of this excellent and useful book on their shelves. Dr T. V. R. Pillay was formerly Programme Director, Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

ISBN 1405101679   Pages 208 ISBN13 9781405101677 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd   Weight (grammes) 608 Imprint Blackwell Publishing Ltd   Published in Oxford Format Hardback   Height (mm) 254 Publication date 29 Sep 2004   Width (mm) 180 Library of Congress SH135   Spine width (mm) 16 DEWEY 639.8   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22   Alternative ISBN 9780470995730

1		Introduction		1
2		Water quality		4
3		Nature of environmental impacts		7
4		Extent of environmental impacts		21
5		Siting and design of farms		24
6		Use of natural resources		50
7		Waste production in aquaculture		58
8		Pattern and effect of waste discharges		76
9		Introduction of exotics and escape of farmed species		80
10		Pathogens in the aquatic environment		92
11		Birds and mammals in aquaculture		97
12		Safety of aquaculture products		103
13		Sustainability of aquaculture		112
14		Economics and environmental impact assessments		120
15		Mitigation of adverse effects		145
16		Research and regulation		157

this second edition of this benchmark book reflects the enormous developments that have occured in aquaculture in the intervening decade or so... this timely book addresses those problems and offers a number of practical solutions to them. It is practical, well researched and well presented Work Boat World, December 2007 The new edition of Aquaculture: Principles and Practices is a useful addition to the literature, and is suitable as a textbook for college and university courses Aquaculture Int (2007) 15:505--506

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