Aquaculture: Balance among Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Safe and Nutritious Seafood
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water, Agriculture and Aquaculture".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2020) | Viewed by 20929
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Dear Colleagues,
In the last four decades, the farming of aquatic organisms has been the agro-industrial activity with the highest growth rate worldwide. Aquaculture provides highly nutritive food, because of their high nutritional value, mostly characterized by the presence of bioactive compounds (polyunsaturated fatty acids, essential amino acids, high quality proteins, minerals, proteins, etc.), which have many human health benefits.
Despite the undeniable benefits of aquaculture, aquaculture activity is one of the most criticized worldwide, mainly because of the environmental impacts that have been or can be caused. Aquaculture produces large amounts of waste in the form of fecal matter and unused feed. These largely nitrogen-based wastes can cause oxygen depletion in coastal environments with a reduction of marine productivity in certain coastal areas. Moreover, a wide array of chemicals is used in aquaculture: antifoulants that contain biocides and pesticides, antibiotics, anaesthetics, hormones, and algicides. Many of these chemicals, as well as having negative effects on biota, can be accumulated in seafood and be toxic to consumers. Seafood security demands that the aquaculture be sustainable for people and provide them with nutritional benefits while posing minimal health risks.
This Special Issue welcomes articles dedicated to all aspects of aquaculture. Papers may focus on the impact of aquaculture on the aquatic environment; the risks and benefits of consumption of farmed fish; contaminants used in aquaculture and farmed seafood safety; and nutritional quality of farmed seafood.
Dr. Ermelinda Prato
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Impacts of aquaculture (water, sediments, organisms)
- Waste management
- Chemical contaminants
- Sustanaible aquaculture
- Seafood chemistry
- Farmed seafood quality
- Risks and benefits of consumption of farmed seafood
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