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Scientific papers & publications (271)
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Perspectives on aquaculture's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals for improved human and planetary health
This review highlights the need for better integration of aquaculture inglobal food system dialogues. Unpacking aquaculture's diverse functions and generation of values at multiple spatiotemporal scales enables better understanding of aquaculture's...
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An investigation of consumers' preference and willingness to pay for fish welfare in Denmark: A discrete choice modeling approach
Farmed fish welfare has become an important factor in consumers' purchasing decisions. The objective of this study is twofold: (1) to investigate consumers' preference and willingness to pay for farmed fish welfare and (2) to measure the effect of...
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Dynamics of aquaculture governance
This article highlights that with good governance and political will, the social, economic, and environmental objectives for attaining the Sustainable Development Goals during the period 2020–2030 are possible if governments integrate sustainable...
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Prioritization of fish welfare issues in European salmonid aquaculture using the Delphi method
The European aquacultural sector is undergoing immense growth, and, generally, many more aquatic animals are farmed than land animals. However, the welfare of aquatic animals like fish has received less attention. This study focuses on the two...
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Value chains and market access for aquaculture products
This article reviews the current status and the issues facing aquaculture value chains. It focuses on the challenges and perspectives for aquaculture value chain development, their main drivers, implications, and opportunities for the future of the...
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Innovation policy in the Norwegian aquaculture industry: Reshaping aquaculture production innovation networks
To address sustainability challenges and to enable the use of new areas currently inaccessible by the incumbent aquaculture technology, the Norwegian authorities launched in 2015 a new type of innovation policy instrument, known as development...
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Fate and effects of fish farm organic waste in marine systems: Advances in understanding using biochemical approaches with implications for environmental management
Particulate waste from open-cage fish farms in marine systems can cause organic enrichment of seabed habitats and enter the food web through consumption by wild organisms, with potential for broader ecosystem changes. Expected expansion of the...
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A decadal outlook for global aquaculture
The thematic reviews presented in this issue provide greater detail and further key messages on the issues that need to be addressed to deliver on the Global Conference on Aquaculture Millennium (GCA) vision and the Shanghai Declaration for the...
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Biosecurity: Reducing the burden of disease
The challenges and problems of managing good biosecurity are wide-ranging and multifactorial with many compounding factors to pre-dispose farmed stocks to an increased risk of infection with consequential stock losses. There is a need for better...
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A review of influencing factors on a recirculating aquaculture system: Environmental conditions, feeding strategies, and disinfection methods
Recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), as a modern highly intensive aquaculture mode, demonstrates the advantages of environmental friendliness, high efficiency and sustainable development, and has been widely used worldwide; they are also expected...