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Planning for aquaculture diversification: the importance of climate change and other drivers

Year of publication 2017

Pages 166 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Meeting

ISBN 978-92-5-109788-5

Series number P47

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Aquaculture continues to grow as an important source of food, as both wild fisheries reach their limits or are declining, and the demand for fish increases. Diversification is a key element of this growth, in terms of species or strains farmed, technologies and areas being used for farming, and products and markets. The workshop described in this volume examined the process of diversification, in its various forms and in the contrasting cultural and socio-economic situations of different cont inents, asking the question if the diversification process is or can help meet the challenges of increasing impacts of climate change. The evaluation led to several conclusions and recommendations

Meeting Session Number P47

Language English

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