Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines

Aquaculture is probably the fastest-growing animal production sector in the Asia Pacific region. Aquaculture is predicted to continue increasing production by optimizing and intensifying existing aquaculture practices, increasing the number and typ...

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Main Author: White, Patrick
Other Authors: Cassou, Emilie
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/557811516773201244/Aquaculture-pollution-an-overview-of-issues-with-a-focus-on-China-Vietnam-and-the-Philippines
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spelling okr-10986-292492021-09-10T10:01:26Z Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines White, Patrick Cassou, Emilie Soto, Doris Beveridge, Malcom AQUACULTURE POLLUTION SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION Aquaculture is probably the fastest-growing animal production sector in the Asia Pacific region. Aquaculture is predicted to continue increasing production by optimizing and intensifying existing aquaculture practices, increasing the number and type of farms, and exploring other environments. High levels of nutrients in effluent discharge to channels, rivers, or lakes may cause eutrophication and affect fisheries adversely, but in other cases, depending on dilution rates, effluents may be a beneficial addition of nutrients which boost natural productivity including fisheries. The important fish farming waste components are nutrients (dissolved and particulate) resulting from the metabolism of fish food (including natural food in the case of filter feeders such as mussels and clams), uneaten food, pseudofeces (in the case of filter feeders), escapees of farmed fish affecting the genetics of wild fisheries species, and residues of disease or parasite treatment chemicals. The environmental impact can be lessened by improved location of farms, improved farm management, or by physical and or biological treatment of the effluent. China is the leading country in aquaculture production and Vietnam and the Philippines are in the top 10. Aquaculture continues to grow in China and Vietnam but is presently declining in the Philippines because of reduction in seaweed production. 2018-01-29T17:31:11Z 2018-01-29T17:31:11Z 2017 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/557811516773201244/Aquaculture-pollution-an-overview-of-issues-with-a-focus-on-China-Vietnam-and-the-Philippines http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29249 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Environmental Study Economic & Sector Work East Asia and Pacific China Philippines Vietnam
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topic AQUACULTURE
POLLUTION
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
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POLLUTION
SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT
CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
White, Patrick
Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines
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China
Philippines
Vietnam
description Aquaculture is probably the fastest-growing animal production sector in the Asia Pacific region. Aquaculture is predicted to continue increasing production by optimizing and intensifying existing aquaculture practices, increasing the number and type of farms, and exploring other environments. High levels of nutrients in effluent discharge to channels, rivers, or lakes may cause eutrophication and affect fisheries adversely, but in other cases, depending on dilution rates, effluents may be a beneficial addition of nutrients which boost natural productivity including fisheries. The important fish farming waste components are nutrients (dissolved and particulate) resulting from the metabolism of fish food (including natural food in the case of filter feeders such as mussels and clams), uneaten food, pseudofeces (in the case of filter feeders), escapees of farmed fish affecting the genetics of wild fisheries species, and residues of disease or parasite treatment chemicals. The environmental impact can be lessened by improved location of farms, improved farm management, or by physical and or biological treatment of the effluent. China is the leading country in aquaculture production and Vietnam and the Philippines are in the top 10. Aquaculture continues to grow in China and Vietnam but is presently declining in the Philippines because of reduction in seaweed production.
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title Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines
title_short Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines
title_full Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines
title_fullStr Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines
title_full_unstemmed Aquaculture Pollution : An Overview of Issues with a Focus on China, Vietnam, and the Philippines
title_sort aquaculture pollution : an overview of issues with a focus on china, vietnam, and the philippines
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/557811516773201244/Aquaculture-pollution-an-overview-of-issues-with-a-focus-on-China-Vietnam-and-the-Philippines
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