Naylor, Rosamond L. and Goldburg, Rebecca J. and Mooney, Harold and Beveridge, Malcolm and Clay, Jason and Folke, Carl and Kautsky, Nils and Lubchenco, Jane and Primavera, Jurgenne H. and Williams, Meryl J. (1998) Nature's subsidies to shrimp and salmon farming. Science. ISBN 0036-8075
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According to this paper, seafood production is undergoing a dramatic transition. While many fisheries stocks worldwide have declined precipitously, fish farming (or aquaculture) has boomed. The focus here is on the environmental impact of two of the most lucrative and widely traded aquaculture products shrimp and salmon. Globally, these crops make up only 5 per cent of farmed fish by weight but almost one-fifth by value. Both shrimp and salmon farming have expanded and intensified rapidly as a result of technological changes in production and strong demand in industrialized countries. The increasing scale of these enterprises is now having unforeseen ecological consequences. The conversion of coastal ecosystems to aquaculture ponds destroys nursery areas that support ocean fisheries. Fish farming degrades coastal waters through discharge of nutrients and chemicals, and it disrupts coastal ecosystems by the introduction of exotic species. Yet producers and consumers remain unaware of--and do not pay for--many of the environmental and social costs of shrimp and salmon aquaculture.
| Item Type: | Documents |
|---|---|
| Class Number: | 210.NAT002 |
| Keywords: | Seafood, Aquaculture, Shrimp, Salmon, Farms, Trade, WTO, EIA, Asia |
| Subjects: | Aquaculture |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Feb 2022 09:09 |
| Last Modified: | 24 May 2022 04:56 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/8844 |
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