Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture

by Tucker, Craig S.; Hargreaves, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780813820279
• ISBN10: 0813820278
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-08
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Published in Cooperation with THE UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE SOCIETYThe rapid growth of aquaculture worldwide and domestically has caused concerns over social and environmental impacts. Environmental advocacy groups and government regulatory agencies have called for better management to address potentially negative impacts and assure sustainable aquaculture development. Best Management Practices (BMPs) combine sound science, common sense, economics, and site-specific management to mitigate or prevent adverse environmental impacts.Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture will provide technical guidance to improve the environmental performance of aquaculture. This book will be the only comprehensive guide to BMPs for mitigation of environmental impacts of aquaculture in the United States. The book addresses development and implementation of BMPs, BMPs for specific aquaculture production systems, and the economics of implementing best management practices. Written by internationally recognized experts in environmental management and aquaculture from academia, government, and non-governmental organizations, this book will be a valuable reference for innovative producers, policy makers, regulators, research scientists, and students.

Author Biography

Craig S. Tucker isa Research Professor with Mississippi State University and Director of the National Warmwater Aquaculture Center and the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center.

John A. Hargreaves was formerly an Associate Professor at the Aquaculture Research Station of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
United States Aquaculture Society Preface	p. xiii
Aquaculture and the Environment in the United States	p. 3
The Role of Better Management Practices in Environmental Management	p. 55
Better Management Practices in International Aquaculture	p. 73
Best Management Practice Programs and Initiatives in the United States	p. 91
Development, Implementation, and Verification of Better Management Practices for Aquaculture	p. 129
Better Management Practices for Freshwater Pond Aquaculture	p. 151
Better Management Practices for Marine Shrimp Aquaculture	p. 227
Better Management Practices for Net-Pen Aquaculture	p. 261
Better Management Practices for Flow-Through Aquaculture Systems	p. 331
Better Management Practices for Recirculating Aquaculture Systems	p. 389
Better Management Practices for Bivalve Molluscan Aquaculture	p. 427
Fish Health Management and the Environment	p. 487
Economics of Aquaculture Better Management Practices	p. 519
Appendices	p. 553
Index	p. 575
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