Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

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Editor's Choice Articles in Sustainable Aquaculture,

Published: 01 Jul 2011

Edited By: Carl Webster

Introduction: By its very nature, successful aquaculture enterprises must be sustainable, that is, they must have minimal adverse impact on the environment while promoting the growth and well-being of the organism being cultured. However, in recent years, the need for efficient and perpetual (sustainable) aquaculture in the world has been brought sharply into focus as trends predict that it will be seafood that will supply a majority of the world's protein to an ever-growing human populace. The papers in this issue serve as potent examples that the quest for sustainable, efficient, profitable, and environmentally-responsible aquaculture never stops. It is no coincidence that many deal with replacement of marine fish meal in aquaculture diets as the most pressing issue facing the global aquaculture industry is the use of this expensive and very-limited resource. If aquaculture is to remain profitable and to continue to expand throughout the world as it has done the past 20 years to supply the world's protein needs, diets must be fed that have as little fish meal, if any, in them. However, replacement of fish meal is not the only topic that can assist in ensuring that aquaculture will be sustainable. Use of recirculating systems to culture organisms, efficient biosecurity and disease treatment and prevention practices, proper pond and water quality management. polyculture of different culture organisms, and use of biological filter systems to remove wastes are jsut a few of the topics covered in this issue. Enjoy!

The Intensive Culture of the Penaeid Shrimp Penaeus vannamei Boone in a Recirculating Raceway System
Bart Reid, C. R. Arnold

A Novel Zero Discharge Intensive Seawater Recirculating System for the Culture of Marine Fish
Ilya Gelfand, Yoram Barak, Ziv Even-Chen, Eddie Cytryn, Jaap Van Rijn, Michael D. Krom, Amir Neori

Growth Trial with the American Oyster Crassostrea virginica Using Shrimp Pond Water as Feed
Greg S. Jakob, Gary D. Pruder,Jaw-Kai Wang

Utilization of Gracilaria chilensis (Rhodophyta: Gracilariaceae) as a Biofilter in the Depuration of Effluents from Tank Cultures of Fish, Oysters, and Sea Urchins
Fungyi Chow, Juan Macchiavello, Sergio Santa Cruz, Erika Fonck, Jorge Olivares

Integrated Duck-cum-Fish Farming in Bangladesh
Muhammad A. Latif, Mohammad J. Alam, Mohammad A. Rahman

Optimal Stocking Density for Juvenile Winter Flounder Pseudopleuronectes americanus
Elizabeth A. Fairchild, W. Huntting Howell

Biosecurity in Shrimp Farming: Pathogen Exclusion through Use of SPF Stock and Routine Surveillance
Donald V. Lightner

Control of the Trematode Bolbophorus confusus in Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus Ponds Using Salinity Manipulation and Polyculture with Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus
Darrel L. Venable, Albert P. Gaudé III, Paul L. Klerks

Sedimentation and Resuspension in Earthen Fish Ponds
Yoram Avnimelech, Malka Kochva, John A. Hargreaves

Effect of Water Exchange Rate on Production, Water Quality, Effluent Characteristics and Nitrogen Budgets of Intensive Shrimp Ponds
J. Stephen Hopkins, Richard D. Hamilton II, Paul A. Sandier, Craig L. Browdy, Alvin D. Stokes

Effects of Aeration, Alum Treatment, Liming, and Organic Matter Application on Phosphorus Exchange between Soil and Water in Aquaculture Ponds at Auburn, Alabama
Kiyoshi Masuda, Claude E. Boyd

Dry-Tilling of Pond Bottoms and Calcium Sulfate Treatment for Water Quality Improvement
Jinwon Seo, Claude E. Boyd

Substitution of Cottonseed Meal for Marine Animal Protein in Diets for Penaeus vannamei
Chhorn Lim

Use of Bagasse as a Feed Input to Semi-Intensive Shrimp Growout Ponds
Donald W. Freeman, Eirik O. Duerr, Kenneth M. Leber

Use of Alfalfa Hay, Compared to Feeding Practical Diets Containing Two Protein Levels, on Growth, Survival, Body Composition, and Processing Traits of Australian Red Claw Crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus, Grown in Ponds
Linda S. Metts, Kenneth R. Thompson, Youling Xiong, Baohua Kong, Carl D. Webster, Yolanda Brady

Evaluation of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles as an Ingredient in Diets for Pond Culture of the Freshwater Prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii
James H. Tidwell, Carl D. Webster, Julia A. Clark, Louis R. D'Abramo

The Effects of Substituting Selected Oilseed Protein Concentrates for Fish Meal in Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss Diets
Robert R. Stickney, Ronald W. Hardy, Kim Koch, Robert Harrold, Damon Seawright, Kenneth C. Massee

Effect of Partial and Total Replacement of Fish Meal on Growth and Body Composition of Sunshine Bass Morone chrysops × M. saxatilis Fed Practical Diets
Carl D. Webster, Laura G. Tiu, Ann . Morgan, Ann Gannam

Evaluation of Yellow Lupin Lupinus luteus Meal as an Alternative Protein Resource in Diets for Sea-Cage Reared Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Brett Glencross, John Curnow, Wayne Hawkins, Malene Felsing

Effects of Microbial Phytase Supplementation and Dosage on Apparent Digestibility Coefficients of Nutrients and Dry Matter in Soybean Product-Based Diets for Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Zongjia J. Cheng, Ronald W. Hardy, Viviane Verlhac, Jacques Gabaudan

Fisheries By-Catch and By-Product Meals as Protein Sources For Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Ronald W. Hardy, Wendy M. Sealey, Delbert M. Gatlin III

Fly Prepupae as a Feedstuff for Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss
Sophie St-Hilaire, Craig Sheppard, Jeffery K Tomberlin, Stephen Irving, Larry Newton, Mark A McGuire, Erin E Mosley, Ronald W Hardy, Wendy Sealey

Use of White Fat as a Replacement for Squid Liver Oil in Practical Diets for Surubim Pseudoplatystoma coruscans
Ricardo C. Martino, Lulz C. Trugo, José Eurico P. Cyrino, Leandro Portz

Partial Replacement