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Alien Species in Aquaculture and Biodiversity: A Paradox in Food Production

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dc.contributor.author de Silva, S.S. en_US
dc.contributor.author Nguyen, T.T.T. en_US
dc.contributor.author Turchini, G.M. en_US
dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, U.S. en_US
dc.contributor.author Abery, N.W. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2014-11-19T04:52:16Z
dc.date.available 2014-11-19T04:52:16Z
dc.date.issued 2009
dc.identifier.issn 0044-7447 en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/4257
dc.description.abstract Aquaculture is seen as an alternative to meeting the widening gap in global rising demand and decreasing supply for aquatic food products. Asia, the epicenter of the global aquaculture industry, accounts for over 90% of the global aquaculture production quantity and about 80% of the value. Asian aquaculture, as with global aquaculture, is dependent to a significant extent on alien species, as is the case for all the major food crops and husbanded terrestrial animals. However, voluntary and or accidental introduction of exotic aquatic species (alien species) is known to negatively impact local biodiversity. In this relatively young food production industry, mitigating the dependence on alien species, and thereby minimizing potential negative impacts on biodiversity, is an imperative for a sustainable future. In this context an attempt is made in this synthesis to understand such phenomena, especially with reference to Asian inland finfish, the mainstay of global aquaculture production. It is pointed out that there is potential for aquaculture, which is becoming an increasingly important food production process, not to follow the past path of terrestrial food crops and husbanded animals in regard to their negative influences on biodiversity. en_US
dc.publisher AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment en_US
dc.title Alien Species in Aquaculture and Biodiversity: A Paradox in Food Production
dc.type article en_US
dc.identifier.department Fisheries Biology and Aquaculture en_US


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