institutes located in Tromsø, Narvik and Alta. The Norut Group has 220 employees whose applied research and development encompasses a wide variety of interdisciplinary fields. Each subsidiary institute has a specific research emphasis, but common to all is activity centered around the polar and Barents regions. Fiskeriforskning (Norwegian Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture Research) conduct...

Coastal ecosystems of Bushehr are shallow environments subject to human impacts, including shrimp aquaculture and urban expansion activities. A spatial-temporal study was conducted in order to assess the actual ecological status of the creeks, estuary and marine sites on the basis of their taxonomic composition and density of mesozooplankton. Zooplankton species distribution and abundance data ...

In recent years, the increasing trend of pollution has been extended to the marine environment, although it has been one of natural places more stable for years, thanks to the great development of marine aquaculture worldwide at present is being severely affected. The indiscriminate use of antimicrobial compounds begins to promote an important change in the microflora of both marine and inland ...

GOAL, SCOPE AND BACKGROUND Aquaculture activities are well known to be the major contributor to the increasing level of organic waste and toxic compound in the aquaculture industry. Along with the development of intensive aquaculture in China, concerns are evoked about the possible effects of ever-increasing aquaculture waste both on productivity inside the aquaculture system and on the ambient...

Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and Institute of Marine Research, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal, Department of Oceanography and Fisheries, University of the Azores, Horta, Portugal, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kaneohe, HI, USA, Oceanwide Science Institute, Honolu...

The changes in bacterial communities associated with the marine sponge Mycale laxissima on transfer to aquaculture were studied using culture-based and molecular techniques. M. laxissima was maintained alive in flowthrough and closed recirculating aquaculture systems for 2 years and 1 year, respectively. The bacterial communities associated with wild and aquacultured sponges, as well as the sur...

We write to extol the virtues of filterfeeding bivalve shellfish – clams, mussels, oysters and scallops – to give them their due as key players in ecologically sustainable aquaculture in the marine environment and as environmentally sensitive monitors and water purifiers. Shellfish are successfully farmed throughout the world and shellfish culture represents a legitimate use of the marine envir...

Introduction of non-native species threatens local marine biodiversity, generating substantial costs for the aquaculture and tourism industries when native (including commercial) species are displaced. It is important that non-indigenous species are identified and controlled before they establish locally becoming invasive pests. The important vectors contributing to human-related dispersal of m...

By the end of this decade, world-wide production of farmed salmon is estimated to reach 2,000,000 mt and almost all farmed salmon production takes place in sheltered areas of the coastal zone. This paper reviews the main activities associated with the marine phase of salmon aquaculture production, the pathways to the environment of the various activities and the potential effects on the coastal...