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Global aquaculture production has continued to grow in the new millennium, albeit more slowly than in the 1980s and 1990s. In the course of half a century or so, aquaculture has expanded from being almost negligible to fully comparable with capture production in terms of feeding people in the world. Aquaculture has also evolved in terms of technological innovation and adaptation to meet changing requirements. World aquaculture production attained another all-time high in 2010, at 60 mt (excluding aquatic plants and non-food products), with an estimated total value of US$ 119 billion. One-third of the world’s farmed food fish harvested in 2010 was achieved without the use of feed, through the production of bivalves and filter-feeding carps. When farmed aquatic plants and non-food products are included, world aquaculture production in 2010 was 79 mt, worth US$ 125 billion.

 

The global population is increasing and, in order to maintain at least the current level of per capita consumption of aquatic foods, the world will require an additional 23 million tonnes thereof by 2020. This additional supply will have to come from aquaculture.

 

Therefore there is a need for strong aquaculture management taking a holistic approach for responsible and sustainable development. The ecosystem approach to aquaculture (EAA) is a good strategy for the management of the sector that emphasizes intersectoral complementary by taking into account the interactions between all the activities within ecologically meaningful boundaries and acknowledging the multiple services provided by ecosystems. The main objective of this web site is to provide understanding of the impacts of aquaculture and provide guideline on aquaculture-fisheries interactions associated with the biological, technological, social, economic, environmental, policy, legal and other aspects of aquaculture development and to analyze how these interactions are or could be addressed with an EAA. Therefore, the review involves aspects of scoping, identification of issues, prioritizing, devising management tools and plans for minimizing negative effects and optimizing positive ones within the context of social-ecological resilience, at different relevant geographical scales.

Coined from WORDPRESS