Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture

Craig S. Tucker, John A. Hargreaves0-8138-2027-8, 978-0-813-82027-9

Published in Cooperation with THE UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE SOCIETY
The rapid growth of aquaculture worldwide and domestically has caused concerns over social and environmental impacts. Environmental advocacy groups and government regulatory agencies have called for better management to address potentially negative impacts and assure sustainable aquaculture development. Best Management Practices (BMPs) combine sound science, common sense, economics, and site-specific management to mitigate or prevent adverse environmental impacts.
Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture will provide technical guidance to improve the environmental performance of aquaculture. This book will be the only comprehensive guide to BMPs for mitigation of environmental impacts of aquaculture in the United States. The book addresses development and implementation of BMPs, BMPs for specific aquaculture production systems, and the economics of implementing best management practices. Written by internationally recognized experts in environmental management and aquaculture from academia, government, and non-governmental organizations, this book will be a valuable reference for innovative producers, policy makers, regulators, research scientists, and students.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter.pdf……Page 1
Appendices……Page 0
1- Aquaculture and the Environment in the United States.pdf……Page 13
2- The Role of Better Management Practices in Environmental Management.pdf……Page 65
3- Better Management Practices in International Aquaculture.pdf……Page 83
4- Best Management Practice Programs and Initiatives in the United States.pdf……Page 101
5- Development, Implementation, and Verification of Better Management Practices for Aquaculture.pdf……Page 139
6- Better Management Practices for Freshwater Pond Aquaculture.pdf……Page 160
7- Better Management Practices for Marine Shrimp Aquaculture.pdf……Page 236
8- Better Management Practices for Net-Pen Aquaculture.pdf……Page 269
9- Better Management Practices for Flow-Through Aquaculture Systems.pdf……Page 339
10- Better Management Practices for Recirculating Aquaculture Systems.pdf……Page 397
11- Better Management Practices for Bivalve Molluscan Aquaculture.pdf……Page 435
12- Fish Health Management and the Environment.pdf……Page 495
13- Economics of Aquaculture Better Management Practices.pdf……Page 526
Appendix 1.pdf……Page 559
Appendix 2.pdf……Page 563
Appendix 3.pdf……Page 567
Appendix 4.pdf……Page 568
Appendix 5.pdf……Page 569
Appendix 6.pdf……Page 571
Appendix 7.pdf……Page 573
Appendix 8.pdf……Page 574
Appendix 9.pdf……Page 575
Index.pdf……Page 577