Organic aquaculture has lagged behind the agriculture sector in terms of the quantities and
diversity of certified organic products because of the absence of detailed accepted …

The rapid growth of intensive aquaculture production, in some cases not well planned, has
caused concern about environmental impact, human health and social issues. The bulk of …

The increasing demand for fish products and the stagnation of capture fisheries has
promoted the growth of aquaculture globally, leading to a significant increase in socio …

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food‐producing sectors, and its share in global
seafood production is rising significantly compared with capture fisheries. This transforms …

The Atlantic pearl oyster Pinctada radiata (Leach, 1814), the first documented Lessepsian
bivalve species to enter the Mediterranean basin, is present in various coastal areas in …

This paper presents the establishment and the first outcomes of the Hellenic Ecosystem
Services Partnership (HESP), a scientific-technical committee aiming at the guidance and …

The global trend of fisheries overexploitation and collapse has resulted in the need to
reduce fishing effort, and providing alternative employment for fishermen is a frequently …

Increasing demand for seafood and the lack of growth of capture fisheries have boosted
aquaculture growth worldwide. However, European aquaculture has been stagnating over …

For some time the over-pumping of groundwater by aquacultural producers has contributed
to severe problems with land subsidence in many areas of Taiwan. This has led to policy …

The selection of the best site for the placement of dredged sedimentary material (∼ 7,000 m
3) from the Aliveri coastal area in the adjacent South Euboean Gulf (Greece) was …