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A guide to recirculation aquaculture: an introduction to the new environmentally friendly and highly productive closed fish farming systems

Year of publication 2015

Pages 100 p.

Author Jacob Bregnballe

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-108776-3

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The water recirculation techniques used for aquaculture is not only the way forward in countries where environmental conservation is highly emphasized; the technique is also used to secure a higher and more staple aquaculture production with less diseases and better ways to control the hatchery parameters that influence growth. The strong environmental restrictions to minimize pollution from hatcheries and aquaculture plants in Northern European countries have sparked a rapid technological devel opment of the recirculation technique. This promotes environmentally sustainable aquaculture and also implies that hatcheries no longer necessarily need to be placed in pristine areas near rivers. Now they can be built almost anywhere a much smaller source of clean germ free water is available. The guide is prepared to inspire and help aquaculture farmers to take up the recirculation technique in the future.

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