Aquaculture : resource use, and the environment /

• Main Author: Boyd, Claude E.
• Other Authors: McNevin, Aaron
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
• Subjects: Aquaculture > Environmental aspects.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• An overview of aquaculture
• World population
• World food production
• Assessing resource use and environmental impacts
• Land use
• Water use by aquaculture systems
• Energy use and atmospheric emissions
• Protein conversion and the fish meal and oil issue
• Chemicals in aquaculture
• Water pollution
• Biodiversity
• Governmental regulations
• Best management practices
• Eco-label certification
• Some final thoughts.