Responsibility
Global, sustainable mariculture production, developed on a massive, sustainable scale and using just a small fraction of the world’s oceanic areas, could eventually match the output of land-based agriculture production. Scale and international law considerations require the involvement of many stakeholders, including national governments and international organizations.
Responsibility
A partnership among the private, academic and government sectors is advancing the development of mariculture in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ongoing projects include a marine fish hatchery, demonstration unit and experimental integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system.
Intelligence
The government of Ecuador has set the legal framework for leasing mariculture sites and the conditions under which to apply for a lease. This commitment to marine fish farming was also shown by the extension of credit lines.
Responsibility
In integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, farmers combine the cultivation of fed species such as finfish or shrimp with extractive seaweeds, aquatic plants and shellfish and other invertebrates that recapture organic and inorganic particulate nutrients for their growth.
Responsibility
Seaweed plays key roles in Earth processes as a primary producer and link in the food webs of coastal and estuarine ecosystems.
Health & Welfare
The authors developed hatchery techniques for producing Florida’s native pink shrimp for the Crystal River Mariculture Center.