Tag mariculture

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  April 1, 2019

  With entrenched aquaculture views, Alaska weighs its future in farming

  The word aquaculture is a dirty one in Alaska, where finfish farming is firmly prohibited. But if your farm fits a certain description, permits to proceed can indeed be obtained. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  April 1, 2019

  Global area estimate for marine aquaculture development

  Authors quantified the environmental niche and inferred the global habitat suitability index of the 102 most farmed marine species using four species distribution models. 

• Marketplace

  May 22, 2017

  Considerations for tilapia farming in saltwater environments

  Tilapias are farmed in a variety of production systems, but mostly in freshwater and low-salinity waters. But tilapias are an excellent candidate for aquaculture in brackish- and seawater because they can tolerate a wide range of water salinity. 

• 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 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  March 2, 2014

  Mariculture projects in Rio de Janeiro

  A partnership among the private, academic and government sectors is advancing the development of mariculture in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ongoing projects include a marine fish hatchery, demonstration unit and experimental integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system. 

• Marketplace

  January 2, 2014

  Ecuador sets legal framework for offshore fish farm development

  The government of Ecuador has set the legal framework for leasing mariculture sites and the conditions under which to apply for a lease. This commitment to marine fish farming was also shown by the extension of credit lines. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  March 1, 2013

  A look at integrated multi-trophic aquaculture

  In integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, farmers combine the cultivation of fed species such as finfish or shrimp with extractive seaweeds, aquatic plants and shellfish and other invertebrates that recapture organic and inorganic particulate nutrients for their growth. 

• Environmental & Social Responsibility

  July 1, 2012

  Seaweed aquaculture provides diversified products, key ecosystem functions, part 1

  Seaweed plays key roles in Earth processes as a primary producer and link in the food webs of coastal and estuarine ecosystems.