Document Type
Journal Article
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Natural Sciences
RAS ID
4204
Abstract
Current fishing practices are regarded as unsustainable (Pauly et al. 2002), yet our appetite for seafood grows. To meet the growing gap, there are increasing calls for mankind to tame the oceans through aquaculture (Marra 2005). Close to the coast, rapid expansion of marine aquaculture is underway throughout the world. Sea cages enclose 2.5 million tons of fish, while 12 million tons of mussels, oysters and clams hang from floating ropes or grow on racks or trays (FAO 2004). Aquaculture structures are now ubiquitous to many coastlines. As the expansion continues, how can we best manage the interaction between natural communities and aquaculture?
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free_to_read
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Coastal aquaculture and conservation can work together Tim Dempster, Pablo Sanchez-Jerez, Fernando Tuya, Damian Fernandez-Jover, Just Bayle-Sempere, Arturo Boyra, Ricardo Haroun MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 2006, VOL 314, pages 305-310. Available here