Global aquaculture production has expanded at an average annual rate of 6.2% during 2000-2012, with world aquaculture production of 66.7 million tons in 2012, outpacing world population growth rate of 1.6%. According to Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aquaculture is estimated to supply 62% of the world’s fish for human consumption by 2030. However, aquaculture produces huge volumes of ...

Arizona aquaculture production in 2000 was 680 metric tons. Finfish including tilapia, bass, trout and catfish accounted for 590 metric tons, while other culture organisms, primarily marine shrimp rounded out production. The continued success of the aquaculture industry in Arizona is dependent on the success of individual farms. By increasing the chances of success through the proper selection ...

A.S. BOGEVIK 5 , D.R. TOCHER, E. LANGMYHR, R. WAAGBØ 5 & R.E. OLSEN 1 Institute of Marine Research, Matre Aquaculture Research Station, N-5984 Matredal; 2 Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA, UK; 3 Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research, Fyllingsdalen, Norway; 4 National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research (NIFES), Bergen, Norw...

THE EDITORIAL BY ROSAMOND NAYLOR, “Offshore aquaculture legislation” (8 Sept., p. 1363), suggests that the motivation for moving aquaculture into the open ocean is that “marine f ish farming near the shore is limited by state regulations.” Although unworkable regulations may exist in a few states, in the larger scheme this is irrelevant. Of the offshore aquaculture projects currently under way,...

This paper presents an online sensor fusion algorithm for state estimation of a remotely operated underwater vehicle for aquaculture inspection. The algorithm is based on an Unscented Kalman Filer (UKF) and uses information from several sources including an onboard inertial sensor, an onboard camera combined with line lasers and a priory knowledge about the aquaculture geometry. The performance...

Aquaculture WSN is composed of a large number of nodes with different monitoring function. In this paper, we present a cluster formation algorithm in Sensor MAC for event-driven Aquaculture WSN. The technique proposed is based on cross-layer design which is adopted to reduce the energy waste and guarantee the data transmissions. The event-driven Aquaculture WSN is simulated by OPNET and MATLAB....

The development of DNA-based genetic markers has had a revolutionary impact on animal genetics. With DNA markers, it is theoretically possible to observe and exploit genetic variation in the entire genome. Popular genetic markers in the aquaculture community include allozymes, mitochondrial DNA, RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, microsatellite, SNP, and EST markers. The application of DNA markers has allowed r...

A model developed to analyze the environmental impacts of aquaculture and the productivity and ecological function of integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems was evaluated using sensitivity analysis and model validation methods. The validated model was used to identify priority areas for future research in integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems and to study the flow of nitrogen in these ...

In their article ‘Freshwater savings from marine protein consumption’ (2014 Environ. Res. Lett. 9 014005), Gephart and her colleagues analyzed how consumption of marine animal protein rather than terrestrial animal protein leads to reduced freshwater allocation. They concluded that future water savings from increased marine fish consumption would be possible. We find the approach interesting an...