Tag effluents

• Animal Health & Welfare

  April 2, 2018

  Ongoing production issues in shrimp farming, part 2

  Effective implementation of biosecurity protocols in shrimp farming requires awareness, discipline and a commitment by farm owners to implement them. The authors take a close look at intensive nurseries and how to exclude pathogens, predators and competitors. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  June 12, 2017

  What happens to feed in aquaculture systems?

  Aquaculture systems should be operated with attention to reducing the environmental waste load, which requires the use of high-quality feeds, prevention of overfeeding and maintenance of good water quality. 

• Feed Sustainability

  April 17, 2017

  Understanding the oxygen demand of aquafeeds

  Manufactured aquafeeds, if improperly managed, can result in undesirable oxygen demand that can reduce dissolved oxygen levels and pollution through effluents, and stress cultured animals. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  September 26, 2016

  ¿Puede la maricultura sostenible igualar la producción de la agricultura?

  La producción mundial de la maricultura sostenible, desarrollada en una escala masiva y sostenible y utilizando sólo una pequeña fracción de las zonas oceánicas del mundo, podría eventualmente igualar la producción agrícola con base en tierra. La escala y consideraciones 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  August 18, 2016

  Can sustainable mariculture match agriculture’s output?

  Global, sustainable mariculture production, developed on a massive, sustainable scale and using just a small fraction of the world’s oceanic areas, could eventually match the output of land-based agriculture production. Scale and international law considerations require the involvement of many 

• Feed Sustainability

  April 21, 2016

  Sistemas de biofloc viables para producción de tilapia

  Los sistemas de tecnología de biofloc bien diseñados y gestionados son una alternativa viable para la producción de diversas especies como la tilapia, para aumentar la eficiencia de los alimentos mediante la reducción de las necesidades de proteínas de alimentos 

• Feed Sustainability

  March 18, 2016

  Biofloc systems viable for tilapia production

  Well-designed and managed biofloc technology systems are a viable alternative for production of various species like tilapia, to increase feed efficiency by lowering aquafeed protein requirements and to help reduce or eliminate effluent discharges. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  September 1, 2006

  Best management practices minimize impacts of aquaculture effluents

  Both aquaculture effluents and production costs can be reduced by using stock-specific feeds applied in smaller quantities several times a day.