The growing demand for fish products and the dwindling productivity of marine fish stocks
due to the overexploitation of fisheries place the aquaculture industry as a key contributor to …

Aquaculture is viewed as a potential mechanism to meet the growing demand for seafood
around the world. The future of bivalve shellfish aquaculture in the US hinges on sustainable …

Marine aquaculture presents an opportunity for increasing seafood production in the face of
growing demand for marine protein and limited scope for expanding wild fishery harvests …

Marine aquaculture is expanding into deeper offshore environments in response to growing
consumer demand for seafood, improved technology, and limited potential to increase wild …

Carrying capacity encompasses a broad collection of approaches used to better understand
biotic interactions in ecosystems and is often applied with no explicit regard to its historical …

Models and tools for assessing the carrying capacity of an area of interest for bivalve culture
can be classified according to their level of complexity and scope. In this report, we discuss …

Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector of the food industry, raising concerns about the
influence of this activity on the environment. We take a holistic approach to review off-bottom …

Oyster farming in estuaries is a globally important industry based primarily around the
Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, for which a common technique is elevated culture on racks …

With a growing human population and the need to protect our oceans from overfishing, there
is a requirement for society to source alternative means of sustainable protein. Mussel …

Increasing growth in the aquaculture industry demands ecosystem-based techniques for
management if that growth is to be ecologically sustainable and promote equity among …