aquaculture Articles
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Understanding biofloc in aquaculture production systems (Part 1)
Since 2009, protein from aquaculture production has surpassed that of fisheries for the first time in history. Aquaculture is simply a water-based agriculture with a long history. It is an essential source of nutrition, as well as a source of income for large number of communities. Aquaculture is here to stay, despite opposition to aquaculture from segments of the NGO community and commercial ...
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Sea Grant's role: sharing with the community the goal of fostering ecologically-sound, and economically-viable, aquaculture
US aquaculture is one of the fastest growing segments of US agriculture; however, as aquaculture expands, a number of environmental, regulatory, and socioeconomic concerns threaten to constrain further development of the industry. This presents unique challenges to the Sea Grant network. Although Sea Grant encourages the commercial development of aquaculture, it must work with local communities ...
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Chile's National Aquaculture Policy: missing elements for the Sustainable Development of aquaculture
This paper reviews the recently enacted Chilean National Aquaculture Policy (NAP). It goes through its central objective, summarises its main components and points out the main actions already underway by the government in the process of implementing this policy. The paper underlines the fact that this is one of the few national policies around the world explicitly setting Sustainable Development ...
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Project - AquaVitae
“New species, processes and products contributing to increased production and improved sustainability in emerging low trophic, and existing low and high trophic aquaculture value chains in the Atlantic” AquaVitae aims to increase aquaculture production in and around the Atlantic Ocean by developing new species, processes and products. The focus of the project is placed on low trophic ...
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Effects of different management regimes on mangrove ecosystem services in Java, Indonesia
This new report, published by Wageningen University and Wetlands International, seeks to fill a significant gap in mangrove ecosystem service estimates. While several studies have sought to measure and value the ecosystem services provided by mangrove ecosystems in general, this new piece of research has for the first time conducted separate evaluations for zones that are characterised by ...
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Aquaculture induced erosion of tropical coastlines throws coastal communities back into poverty
Shallow tropical coastlines harbour unique mangrove ecosystems, which support livelihoods and provide a natural barrier against coastal flooding. Non-sustainable land-use practices, such as large-scale clear cutting of mangroves for aquaculture, ground water withdrawal and alteration of river flows, result in rapid subsidence. The collapse of aquaculture production, due to pollution and disease, ...
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LDPE Pond Liner for Aquaculture Project in United States
LDPE pond liner is the low density polyethylene pond liner which is very flexible and conforms well to the pond and is widely used for agriculture, construction sites, applications due to the functions of impermeability and flexibility. The LDPE geomembrane pond liner is not as strong or puncture resistant as other HDPE geomembrane liners, but it is the kind of economical geomembrane pond ...
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Despite a Difficult Year, there are Still Plenty of Reasons to be Thankful
Can you believe that there are still five weeks to go in 2020? The worst year in recent memory has also seemed like one of the longest. Even the most optimistic among us have taken to X-ing out days on the calendar like jailbirds marking time from their prison cells. Simply put, 2021 can’t get here fast enough. The good news is that we’re in the midst of Thanksgiving season here in ...
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Scottish Sea Farms - Case Study
Addfield supply a Mobile Aquaculture machine that enables the farming of fish to be sustainable. The Challenge The challenge was to build a bespoke aquaculture incineration machine for Scottish Sea Farms Being located in Northern Scotland means that the working environment is arduous and challenging so Scottish Sea Farms need their equipment to withstand testing climates. Incineration is ...
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Port McNeil, British Columbia- Kuterra - Case Study
The K’udas Limited Partnership was formed to develop a land-based facility using Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS) technologies as an alternative to existing net pen salmon farming methods predominantly used in British Columbia, ...
By PR Aqua, ULC
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7 ways to safely deploy new systems for your hatchery
AI, IoT, ROV, M2M. These are some acronyms that have been hurled around in the corporate world, which in recent years have made their way to the waters of the aquaculture industry. Have you been thinking of betting your money on deploying a high-tech equipment in your hatchery facility? Here are a few pointers that can help you cut the risks associated with high-tech adoption, stack the odds in ...
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Aquasend’s miniDOT Guaranteed Success on Iron Chef
Aquasend’s miniDOT Clear Logger played a vital role in the success of television franchise Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend Episode 7: Battle of Live Sturgeon. How? The competitors’ challenge ingredient, sturgeon, had to be transported from Northern California and maintained prior to the episodes’ filming.Maintaining top quality and overall condition of food products when filming is a ...
By Aquasend
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Enhancing competitiveness, product quality and market integration of small mussel growers: a South African case study
The key proposition in this paper is that the competitiveness of small firms operating in emerging economies and producing highly perishable products (e.g. mussels) is largely contingent on their ability to contend with high Transaction Costs (TC). The study examines the role of contracting in reducing TC associated with small-scale mussel farming in South Africa. Market risks, uncertainties, ...
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Ideal Fish- Case Study
Ideal Fish is the first commercial facility to raise branzino (European Sea Bass) in the United States. PR Aqua designed this facility for integration into an existing industrial ...
By PR Aqua, ULC
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