Management Techniques and Importance of Aquaculture

Description

Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms whether fish, crustaceans, mollusks or plants, farming implying some form of human intervention to increase production. The term covers a very wide range of cultured species and farming techniques and several forms of classification have been proposed. Discussing management raises questions of objectives and of instruments. In other words what is to be achieved or avoided and how will it actually be done? Objectives commonly cited tend to be targets such as filling a growing gap between demand and supply for fishery products, food self-sufficiency, improved nutritional status, hard currency earnings, creating job opportunities, and sustaining the economy in depressed regions. However, in practice much of the effort at managing aquaculture must be attributed to a desire to reduce environmental impact, conflicts over access to resources, or social disruptions. Stating that the objectives must be sustainable often incorporates a time horizon. This book “Management Techniques and Importance of Aquaculture” provides an overall view of aquaculture sector.