An Introduction to Sustainable Aquaculture

Daniel Peñalosa Martinell serves as Chief Scientific Officer at Shrimpl Pte Ltd., Singapore, and is Visiting Professor in the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine Sciences and Computational Research Center at the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico. Francisco J. Vergara-Solana serves as Fisheries Outreach consultant for the Marine Stewardship Council. He is Professor at Baja California Sur Autonomous University, Mexico, and Visiting Professor in the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine Sciences and Computational Research Center at the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico. Marcelo E. Araneda Padilla is Manager of the Bioeconomy and Control Unit at Benchmark Genetics, Chile, and Visiting Professor in the Interdisciplinary Center for Marine Sciences and Computational Research Center at the National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico. Fernando Aranceta Garza is a Researcher for Mexico at the National Council of Humanities, Sciences and Technologies, and the Fisheries Ecology Program in Northwest Biological Research Center, Baja California Sur, working on fisheries and aquaculture issues for federal, public, academic, and civil organizations.

PART I Basic concepts 1 Introduction; 2 What is aquaculture?; 3 What is sustainability?; PART II Aquaculture and the environment 4 Effects of the environment on aquaculture organisms; 5 Aquaculture’s effect on the environment; 6 Aquaculture and climate change; PART III Aquaculture and economics 7 A brief introduction to economics and its relationship with aquaculture; 8 Aquaculture and fisheries; 9 Aquaculture value chain analysis; 10 Aquaculture bioeconomics: a brief introduction; 11 Aquaculture: uncertainty sources and risk quantification techniques; PART IV Aquaculture and society 12 Aquaculture and food security; 13 Aquaculture and employment: impact on livelihood and poverty; 14 Aquaculture and animal welfare; PART V Governance and technologies 15 Governance, partnerships, and cooperation; 16 New technologies as a means to achieve sustainability; PART VI Future expectations 17 Future directions