Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture »

Craig S. Tucker isa Research Professor with Mississippi State University and Director of the National Warmwater Aquaculture Center and the Southern Regional Aquaculture Center.

John A. Hargreaves was formerly an Associate Professor at the Aquaculture Research Station of the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center.

Published in Cooperation with THE UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE SOCIETY

Population growth and increased appreciation of seafood’s role in human health have pushed global seafood consumption past the point where capture fisheries can meet demand. Aquaculture—farming aquatic plants and animals in oceans and inland waters—has expanded rapidly in the past decade in response to the increased demand for fishery products. The rapid growth of aquaculture domestically and internationally has stimulated concerns over social and environmental impacts caused by increased production of farmed aquatic species. Environmental advocacy groups and government regulatory agencies have called for better management to address potentially negative impacts and assure sustainable aquaculture development. Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture is the first synthesis of best management practices that minimize environmental impacts.

Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture provides technical guidance to improve the environmental performance of aquaculture. This book is the only comprehensive guide to best management practices for mitigation of environmental impacts of aquaculture. The book addresses development and implementation of best management practices, practices for specific aquaculture production systems, and the economics of implementing best management practices.

Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture includes contributions from internationally recognized experts in environmental management and aquaculture from academia, government, and non-governmental organizations. The book is a valuable reference for innovative producers, policy makers, regulators, research scientists, and students.

Contributors     vii
Preface     ix
United States Aquaculture Society Preface     xiii
Aquaculture and the Environment in the United States   Craig S. Tucker   John A. Hargreaves   Claude E. Boyd     3
The Role of Better Management Practices in Environmental Management   Jason W. Clay     55
Better Management Practices in International Aquaculture   Claude E. Boyd     73
Best Management Practice Programs and Initiatives in the United States   Gary L. Jensen   Paul W. Zajicek     91
Development, Implementation, and Verification of Better Management Practices for Aquaculture   Claude E. Boyd   Paul W. Zajicek   John A. Hargreaves   Gary L. Jensen     129
Better Management Practices for Freshwater Pond Aquaculture   Craig S. Tucker   John A. Hargreaves   Claude E. Boyd     151
Better Management Practices for Marine Shrimp Aquaculture   Claude E. Boyd     227
Better Management Practices for Net-Pen Aquaculture   Sebastian M. Belle   Colin E. Nash     261
Better Management Practices for Flow-Through Aquaculture Systems   Gary Fornshell   Jeffrey M. Hinshaw     331
Better ManagementPractices for Recirculating Aquaculture Systems   Steven T. Summerfelt   Brian J. Vinci     389
Better Management Practices for Bivalve Molluscan Aquaculture   R. LeRoy Creswell   Aaron A. McNevin     427
Fish Health Management and the Environment   Scott E. LaPatra   John R. MacMillan     487
Economics of Aquaculture Better Management Practices   Carole R. Engle   Ada Wossink     519
Appendices     553
Index     575