Year: 2012
Type: book
Abstract: The cage aquaculture has grown very rapidly during the past \n20 years and is presently undergoing rapid changes in response \nto pressures from globalization and a growing global demand \nfor aquatic products. Recent studies have predicted that fish \nconsumption in developing and developed countries will \nincrease by 57 percent and 4 percent, respectively. Rapid \npopulation growth, increasing affluence and urbanization in \ndeveloping countries are leading to major changes in supply \nand demand for animal protein, from both livestock and fish. \nWithin aquaculture production systems, there has been a move \ntowards the clustering of existing cages as well as toward the \ndevelopment and use of more intensive cage-farming systems. \nIn particular, the need for suitable sites has resulted in the cage \nculture sector accessing and expanding into new untapped \nopen-water culture areas such as coastal brackish and marine \noffshore waters.
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
SDGs: Life below water, Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W17424920