Navigating emerging challenges in marine aquaculture : toxins, temperature, and new species
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Global demand for seafood is increasing as a function of more people eating more fish. While catches from wild fisheries have stagnated or declined, aquaculture is poised to increase production to meet growing demand. First, I review emerging aquaculture production systems and technologies and evaluate their capacity to produce more seafood while at the same time minimizing negative environmental impacts. Marine aquaculture, where fish and other aquatic organisms are farmed in the ocean, is one of several promising means of meeting increasing demand for seafood. However, farming fish in the ocean presents novel problems for aquaculture enterprises. The ocean is an open system, meaning that farmers cannot easily control factors such as water quality or water temperature. I examine two specific challenges in marine aquaculture: 1) the effect of toxins from marine oil spills on juvenile fish and 2) the effect of temperature on digestion efficiency. Finally, marine aquaculture presents an opportunity to culture new species. I model the financial viability and resource intensity of two candidate aquaculture species, bluefin and yellowfin tuna, for which demand is likely to increase in the near future.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
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| Form | electronic; electronic resource; remote |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Publication date | 2014 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Associated with | Klinger, Dane Harold |
|---|---|
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Environment and Resources. |
| Primary advisor | Micheli, Fiorenza |
| Primary advisor | Naylor, Rosamond |
| Thesis advisor | Micheli, Fiorenza |
| Thesis advisor | Naylor, Rosamond |
| Thesis advisor | Caldwell, Margaret R |
| Advisor | Caldwell, Margaret R |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Dane Harold Klinger. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Environment and Resources. |
| Thesis | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Stanford University, 2014. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2014 by Dane Harold Klinger
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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