Aquatic Plants and Aquatic Animals in the Context of Sustainability: Cultivation Techniques, Integration, and Blue Revolution

The aquaculture industry has rapidly increased in response to the increasing world population, with the appreciation that aquaculture products are beneficial for human health and nutrition. Globally, aquaculture organisms are mainly divided into two divisions, aquatic animals (finfish, crustaceans,...

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Published in:Sustainability 2022-03, Vol.14 (6), p.3257
Main Authors: Mansour, Abdallah Tageldein, Ashour, Mohamed, Alprol, Ahmed E., Alsaqufi, Ahmed Saud
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Additives
Algae
Animals
Aquaculture
Aquatic animals
Aquatic ecosystems
Aquatic plants
Biomass
Bioremediation
Carbohydrates
Crustaceans
Cultivation techniques
Egypt
Environmental sustainability
Europe
Feed additives
Fish hatcheries
Food
Food additives
Human nutrition
Integration
International organizations
Larvae
Lipids
Mass production
Methods
Mollusks
Natural resources
Nutrition
Proteins
Seaweeds
Shellfish
Sustainability
Sustainable aquaculture
World population
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Summary:The aquaculture industry has rapidly increased in response to the increasing world population, with the appreciation that aquaculture products are beneficial for human health and nutrition. Globally, aquaculture organisms are mainly divided into two divisions, aquatic animals (finfish, crustaceans, and molluscs) and aquatic plants (microalgae and seaweed). Worldwide aquaculture production has reached more than 82 million tonnes (MTs) in 2018 with more than 450 cultured species. The development of economical, environmentally friendly, and large-scale feasible technologies to produce aquaculture organisms (even aquatic animals and/or aquatic plants) is an essential need of the world. Some aquaculture technologies are related to aquatic animals or aquatic plants, as well as some technologies have an integrated system. This integration between aquatic plants and aquatic animals could be performed during early larvae rearing, on-growing and/or mass production. In the context of the blue revolution, the current review focuses on the generations of integration between aquatic plants and aquatic animals, such as live feeds, biomass concentrates, water conditioners “green water technique”, aqua-feed additives, co-culturing technologies, and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA). This review could shed light on the benefit of aquatic animals and plant integration, which could lead future low-cost, highly efficient, and sustainable aquaculture industry projects.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su14063257