The 'new' European fish culture systems: Recirculating systems, offshore cages, integrated systems
| Other titles | Tendances pour la pisciculture européenne de demain : cages au large, systèmes en eau recirculée et systèmes intégrés | ||||||||
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| Type | Article | ||||||||
| Date | 2009-04 | ||||||||
| Language | English | ||||||||
| Author(s) | Blancheton Jean-Paul1, Bosc Pierre2, Hussenot Jerome3, Roque D'Orbcastel Emmanuelle1, Romain David4, 5 | ||||||||
| Affiliation(s) | 1 : IFREMER, Stn Palavas, F-34250 Palavas Les Flots, France. 2 : Assoc Reunionnaise Dev Aquaculture, F-97427 Etang Sale, La Reunion, France. 3 : IFREMER, AGSAE, Stn Bouin, F-85330 Polder Des Champs, Bouin, France. 4 : Inst Natl Sci Appl, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France. 5 : Ecole Cent Lyon, LMFA Insa, F-69134 Ecully, France. |
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| Source | Cahiers Agricultures (1166-7699) (John Libbey Eurotext ltd), 2009-04 , Vol. 18 , N. 2 , P. 227-234 | ||||||||
| DOI | 10.1684/agr.2009.0294 | ||||||||
| WOS© Times Cited | 10 | ||||||||
| Keyword(s) | Pisciculture, Offshore structures, Integrated management, Fish cages, Europe | ||||||||
| Abstract | Over the last few decades, European fish culture was developed mainly as a intensive monospecific activity. In most countries, marine aquaculture cannot continue to develop on the shore line where it first settled due to high competition with other activities. It has now to move either offshore or into recirculation systems located in less occupied spaces. Fresh water availability and impact of fish production farms on the environment are strongly restraining the development of the activity, which is even declining in some countries such as France. Recirculation systems make it possible to decrease water consumption and facilitate waste treatment. Their economical feasibility is being demonstrated and they offer an alternative to developing fish farms. Whatever the rearing system, nutrients of feed are partially converted into fish flesh and most of them are thrown back as wastes into the environment. Integrated systems make it possible to convert such nutrients into algae, molluscs or fish and to release purified water. This article presents some aspects of the development of three types of rearing systems which are increasingly used in northern Europe: offshore cage culture, recirculation systems and integrated systems. | ||||||||
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