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Title: United States Aquaculture and the Environment

Author
item TUCKER, C - MISS. STATE UNIVERSITY
item HARGREAVES, J - MISS. STATE UNIVERSITY
item BOYD, C - MISS. STATE UNIVERSITY

Submitted to: Complete Book
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/15/2008
Publication Date: 3/15/2008
Citation: Tucker, C.S., Hargreaves, J.A., Boyd, C.E. 2008. United States Aquaculture and the Environment. Book Chapter. Blackwell Publishing, Ames, IA.

Interpretive Summary: This is the introductory chapter to the book “Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture.” The chapter broadly focuses on interactions between aquaculture and the environment. The first sections describe global and United States aquaculture, including a detailed summary of U.S. aquaculture production statistics and an overview of commonly used production systems. The next sections describe the nature of interactions between aquaculture and the environment, with detailed discussions of resource use (energy, land, water, and feeds) and specific environmental impacts. Impacts discussed are habitat conversion, waste loading, benthic impacts, chemical pollution, salinization, pathogen transmission, escaped animals, use of wild brood- or seed-stock, and predator control.

Technical Abstract: This is the introductory chapter to the book “Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture.” The chapter broadly focuses on interactions between aquaculture and the environment. The first sections describe global and United States aquaculture, including a detailed summary of U.S. aquaculture production statistics and an overview of commonly used production systems. The next sections describe the nature of interactions between aquaculture and the environment, with detailed discussions of resource use (energy, land, water, and feeds) and specific environmental impacts. Impacts discussed are habitat conversion, waste loading, benthic impacts, chemical pollution, salinization, pathogen transmission, escaped animals, use of wild brood- or seed-stock, and predator control.