Aquaculture Environment Interactions

AEI presents rigorously refereed and carefully selected Research Articles, Reviews and Notes, as well as Comments/Reply Comments (for details see MEPS 228:1), Theme Sections and Opinion Pieces. For details consult the Guidelines for Authors. Papers may be concerned with inter-actions between aquaculture and the environment from local to ecosystem scales, at all levels of organisation and investigation. Areas covered include:

-Pollution and nutrient inputs; bio-accumulation and impacts of chemical compounds used in aquaculture.

-Effects on benthic and pelagic assemblages or pro-cesses that are related to aquaculture activities.

-Interactions of wild fauna (invertebrates, fishes, birds, mammals) with aquaculture activities; genetic impacts on wild populations.

-Parasite and pathogen interactions between farmed and wild stocks.

-Comparisons of the environmental effects of traditional and organic aquaculture.

-Introductions of alien species; escape and intentional releases (seeding) of cultured organisms into the wild.

-Effects of capture-based aquaculture (ranching).

-Interactions of aquaculture installations with biofouling organisms and consequences of biofouling control measures.

-Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture; comparisons of re-circulation and ‘open’ systems.

-Effects of climate change and environmental variability on aquaculture activities.

-Modelling of aquaculture–environment interactions; -assessment of carrying capacity.

-Interactions between aquaculture and other industries (e.g. tourism, fisheries, transport).

-Policy and practice of aquaculture regulation directed towards environmental management; site selection, spatial planning, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and eco-ethics.