Issues In-Depth: Aquaculture Wastes

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Aquaculture Wastes Reports and Resources

• Bitter Harvest, A call for reform in Scottish Aquaculture, report by Chris Berry and Alistair Davison for WWF.
• Characterization and Management of Effluents from Aquaculture.
• Comments submitted by SeaWeb, Environmental Defense, Clean Water Network Members, and Other Interested Parties on EPA's Aquaculture Effluents Guidelines. January 2003.
• Farming Salmon: A Briefing Book, written by Michael Weber. A Consultative Group on Biological Diversity report.
• Marine Aquaculture in the United States: Environmental Impacts and Policy Options, prepared for the Pew Oceans Commission by Rebecca Goldburg (ED), Matthew S. Elliot (ED) and Rosamond Naylor (Stanford University).
• Monitoring the Ecological Effects of Coastal Aquaculture Wastes, GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection), Report and Studies No. 57, FAO, Rome, 1996.
• Murky Waters: Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in the U.S., written by Rebecca Goldburg and Tracy Triplett. Environmental Defense Fund. 1997. 197pp.
• Reducing Environmental Impact of Coastal Aquaculture, GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection), Report and Studies No. 47. 1991.
• Review of Benthic Conditions at Irish Fish Farms, prepared by Aqua-fact International Services Ltd., Galway, Ireland.
• Sea Cage Fish Farming: an Evaluation of Environmental and Public Health Aspects, a paper presented by Don Staniford at the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries public hearing on 'Aquaculture in the European Union: Present Situation and Future Prospects', 1st October 2002.
• The Net-Pen Salmon Farming Industry in the Pacific Northwest, report by U.S. Department Of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and National Marine Fisheries Service, edited by Colin Nash.
• Towards the Safe Use of Chemicals in Coastal Aquaculture, GESAMP (IMO/FAO/UNESCO-IOC/WMO/WHO/IAEA/UN/UNEP Joint Group of Experts on Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection), Report and Studies No. 65, FAO; Rome 1997.
• Waste Management in Aquaculture.
• What Price Farmed Fish: A Review of the Environmental and Social Costs of Farming Carnivorous Fish, by Mike Weber.
  • High resolution (4.6 MB)
  • Low resolution (1.7 MB)
  • Executive summary (1.1 MB)

Aquaculture Wastes Links

• Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Idaho http://www.webs.uidaho.edu/aquaculture/
• Aquaculture's Troubled Harvest http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2001/11/aquaculture.html
• AquaNIC http://aquanic.org/
• Bellona Foundation http://www.bellona.no/
• Bibliography on Aquaculture/Environment Interactions BIMAQUE http://www.imbc.gr/biblio_serv/index.html
• Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform BC http://www.farmedanddangerous.org/
• David Suzuki Foundation—Ocean Pollution and Salmon Farming http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Salmon_Aquaculture/Benefits_and_Risks/
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• Friends of Blue Hill Bay http://www.fobhb.org/
• Georgia Strait Alliance http://www.georgiastrait.org/
• Living Oceans Society http://www.livingoceans.org/index.shtml
• Salmon Farm Monitor http://www.salmonfarmmonitor.org/
• Save the Swilly http://www.loughswilly.com/
• Section Z http://www.sectionz.info/issue_1/index.html
• US Environmental Protection Agency Aquatic Animal Production Effluent Guidelines http://www.epa.gov/guide/aquaculture/
• Aquaculture in Idaho http://www.deq.state.id.us/water/prog_issues/agriculture/aquaculture.cfm