Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture: Filter Feeders Bivalves as Efficient Reducers of Wastes Derived from Coastal Aquaculture Assessed with Stable Isotope Analyses
Author(s) -
Salud Deudero,
Ariadna Tor,
Carme Alomar,
Jose Maria,
Piluca Sarriera,
Andreu Blanco
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
intech ebooks
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Book series
DOI - 10.5772/28457
Subject(s) - aquaculture , fishery , environmental science , ecology , biology , fish <actinopterygii>
Aquaculture industry has rapidly increased from 20 million tons in the 1990s to 68.4 million tons in 2008, overcoming the 67.0 million tons of extractive fisheries, with an approximated global value of 84,791 million Euros (FAO, 2010). The Mediterranean Sea is an important producer of intensive open water fish culture, especially important are industries from Spain, France, Italy and Greece, which generated 2,133 million Euros in 2008 (FAO, 2008).
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