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Desempeño ambiental de la acuacultura marina con jaulas de red en los Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
Author(s) -
Rust Michael B.,
Amos Kevin H.,
Bagwill April L.,
Dickhoff Walton W.,
Juarez Lorenzo M.,
Price Carol S.,
Morris James A.,
Rubino Michael C.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 1548-8446
pISSN - 0363-2415
DOI - 10.1080/03632415.2014.966818
Subject(s) - aquaculture , fishery , business , resource (disambiguation) , fish <actinopterygii> , fish meal , natural resource economics , ecosystem , production (economics) , environmental science , agricultural science , environmental protection , ecology , biology , economics , computer network , macroeconomics , computer science
The United States has a small net‐pen salmon industry dating back over 40 years and a nascent net‐pen industry for other marine fish. The United States net‐pen aquaculture sector has improved its resource efficiency in terms of the amount of fish meal and fish oil used in feeds and reduced its environmental impacts in terms of the mass loading and impact of nutrient discharge on the receiving ecosystem, the incidence and treatment of fish diseases, the use of antibiotics, and the number and impact of fish escapes, while increasing production. These changes can be attributed to a combination of advances in science and technology, rising cost of fish meal/oil, improved management, and informed regulatory practices. Net‐pen aquaculture has become an efficient food production system. Existing laws and regulations in the United States effectively address most of the potential adverse environmental effects of net‐pen aquaculture.