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TI Effect of production quotas on economic and environmental values of growth rate and feed efficiency in sea cage fish farming
BT 
AF BESSON, Mathieu
   DE BOER, I. J. M.
   VANDEPUTTE, Marc
   VAN ARENDONK, J. A. M.
   QUILLET, E.
   KOMEN, H.
   AUBIN, J.
AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:2,4;4:1;5:2;6:1;7:5;
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C1 Wageningen Univ, Anim Breeding & Genom Ctr, Wageningen, Netherlands.
   Univ Paris Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRA, Genet Anim & Biol Integrat, Jouy En Josas, France.
   Wageningen Univ, Anim Prod Syst Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands.
   IFREMER, Chemin Maguelone, Palavas Les Flots, France.
   INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, Sol Agron Spatialisat UMR1069, Rennes, France.
C2 UNIV WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS
   UNIV PARIS SACLAY, FRANCE
   UNIV WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS
   IFREMER, Chemin Maguelone, Palavas Les Flots, France.
   INRA, FRANCE
IN DOAJ
IF 2.766
TC 21
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49176.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49177.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49178.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49179.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49180.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49181.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49182.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49183.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49184.pdf
   https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00377/48778/49185.pdf
LA English
DT Article
AB In sea cage fish farming, production quotas aim to constrain the impact of fish farming on the surrounding ecosystem. It is unknown how these quotas affect economic profitability and environmental impact of genetic improvement. We combined bioeconomic modelling with life cycle assessment (LCA) to calculate the economic (EV) and environmental (ENV) values of thermal growth coefficient (TGC) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of sea bass reared in sea cages, given four types of quota commonly used in Europe: annual production (Qprod), annual feed distributed (Qannual_ feed), standing stock (Qstock), and daily feed distributed (Qdaily_ feed). ENV were calculated for LCA impact categories climate change, eutrophication and acidification. ENV were expressed per ton of fish produced per year (ENV(fish)) and per farm per year (ENV(farm)). Results show that irrespective of quota used, EV of FCR as well as ENV(fish) and ENV(farm) were always positive, meaning that improving FCR increased profit and decreased environmental impacts. However, the EV and the ENV(fish) of TGC were positive only when quota was Qstock or Qdaily_ feed. Moreover, the ENV(farm) of TGC was negative in Qstock and Qdaily_ feed quotas, meaning that improving TGC increased the environmental impact of the farm. We conclude that Qstock quota and Qdaily_ feed quota are economically favorable to a genetic improvement of TGC, a major trait for farmers. However, improving TGC increases the environmental impact of the farm. Improving FCR represents a good opportunity to balance out this increase but more information on its genetic background is needed to develop breeding programs improving FCR.
PY 2017
PD MAR
SO Plos One
SN 1932-6203
PU Public Library Science
VL 12
IS 3
UT 000396092400007
DI 10.1371/journal.pone.0173131
ID 48778
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