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Changing the face of the waters : the promise and challenge of sustainable aquaculture
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Increase growth, however, brings increased risk, and aquaculture now lies at a crossroads. One direction points toward the giant strides in productivity, industry concentration, and product diversi...
Increase growth, however, brings increased risk, and aquaculture now lies at a crossroads. One direction points toward the giant strides in productivity, industry concentration, and product diversification. Another direction points toward the dangers of environmental degradation and the marginalization of small fish farmers. Yet another direction invites aquaculture to champion the poor and provide vital environmental services to stressed aquatic environments. Changing the Face of the Waters offers a cutting-edge analysis of the critical challenges facing aquaculture, balancing aquaculture's
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- English
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- 1st ed
- Washington, DC : World Bank, [2007]
- copyright 2007
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- xvii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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- ISBNs
- 1281191477, 0821370162, 9780821370155, 9786611191474, 0821370154
- OCLC
- ocn214114681, ocn141852269, ocn935271026
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-179) and index.
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- Contents; Boxes, Figures, and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgments; Acronyms, Abbreviations, Currencies, and Units of Measure; Introduction and Overview; Focus of the Study; A Surging Global Industry; Challenges and Approaches; 1. Trends in Global Aquaculture; Table 1.1 Aquaculture Production and Growth in 2004; Table 1.2 Top 10 Producer Countries by Quantity and by Unit Value in 2004; Figure 1.1 Aquaculture Production by Developed and Developing Countries; Figure 1.2 Global Population and Fish Food Supply from Fish Capture and Culture; Table 1.3 World Bank Projects with Aquaculture Components
- Table 1.4 Recent IFC Aquaculture Loans by Region 2. Aquaculture, Environment, and Health; Table 2.1 Environmental Costs and Benefits of Aquaculture; Box 2.1 Fish and Human Health; Box 2.2 Win-Win Situations for Aquaculture and the Environment; Figure 2.1 Antibiotics and Salmon Production in Norway; Table 2.2 Table-Certified Cultured Fish Products in EU Supermarkets; Box 2.3 Aquaculture and Climate Change-Marine Carbon Sequestration; 3. Innovation and Technologies; Table 3.1 Changes in Prices and Production for Genetically Improved Species; Table 3.2 Responses to Selection for Growth Rate
- Box 3.1 Public Sector and Fish Breeding and Seed Supply Programs Box 3.2 Benefits of One-Stop Aqua Shops; Box 3.3 Guiding Principles from Reviews of External Assistance to Asian Aquaculture; 4. Building Pro-Poor Aquaculture; Box 4.1 Relative Incomes from Aquaculture and Agriculture; Table 4.1 Characterization of Aquaculture Development Pathways in Asia; Box 4.2 Bringing the Blue Revolution to the Poor; Box 4.3 Enabling Factors for Selected Pro-Poor Aquaculture Technologies and Systems; Box 4.4 Trade Disputes over Aquaculture Products; 5. Catalyzing Aquaculture in Less-Developed Countries
- Box 5.1 The Abuja Declaration on Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture in Africa 6. Conclusions and Recommendations; Annexes; Table A3.1 Portfolio of World Bank Projects with an Aquaculture Component; Table A3.2 IFC Aquaculture Projects 1992-2006; Figure A4.1 Growth in Fisheries Employment in China, 1974-2000; Box A4.1 China-World Bank Freshwater Fisheries Project, 1986-92; Box A4.2 Constraints of Community-Based Fish Farming-Project Scorecard in Puri District of Orissa and Purulia District of West Bengal
- Box A4.3 An Integrated Livestock-Fish-Farming System in Indonesia's Rice-Based Agriculture Table A4.1 Annual Income by Stakeholder Group within the Bangladesh Shrimp Industry; Box A4.4 Enabling Diffusion and Accelerating Adoption of Technology by the Poor; Box A4.5 Group-Based Aquaculture Models in Bangladesh; Figure A4.2 Changing Fortunes-Shrimp Aquaculture Production by Selected Producers; Box A4.6 Capital Movement and Environmental Controls; Table A5.1 Aquaculture Production by Trophic Level of Cultured Species, 2003
- Box A5.1 Examples of the Growing Number of Species Artificially Propagated for Stock Enhancement