Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture

Craig S. Tucker, John A. Hargreaves

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2009
• ISBN:
  9780813802787
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Fisheries & Aquaculture
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Published in Cooperation with THE UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE SOCIETY

The 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.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• United States Aquaculture Society Preface
• Chapter 1: Aquaculture and the Environment in the United States
• Chapter 2: The Role of Better Management Practices in Environmental Management
• Chapter 3: Better Management Practices in International Aquaculture
• Chapter 4: Best Management Practice Programs and Initiatives in the United States
• Chapter 5: Development, Implementation, and Verification of Better Management Practices for Aquaculture
• Chapter 6: Better Management Practices for Freshwater Pond Aquaculture
• Chapter 7: Better Management Practices for Marine Shrimp Aquaculture
• Chapter 8: Better Management Practices for Net-Pen Aquaculture
• Chapter 9: Better Management Practices for Flow-Through Aquaculture Systems
• Chapter 10: Better Management Practices for Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
• Chapter 11: Better Management Practices for Bivalve Molluscan Aquaculture
• Chapter 12: Fish Health Management and the Environment
• Chapter 13: Economics of Aquaculture Better Management Practices
• Appendix 1: A Suggested Protocol for Developing a Management System to Prevent Escapes from Net-Pen Aquaculture Facilities (adapted from Maine Aquaculture Association 2002)
• Appendix 2: Selected Excerpts from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
• Index