A global spatial analysis reveals where marine aquaculture can benefit nature and people.

Autor: Theuerkauf SJ; Global Oceans Team, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America., Morris JA Jr; National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America., Waters TJ; Global Oceans Team, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America., Wickliffe LC; CSS, Inc. under contract to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America., Alleway HK; Department of Primary Industries and Regions, Government of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.; University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia., Jones RC; Global Oceans Team, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2019 Oct 09; Vol. 14 (10), pp. e0222282. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Oct 09 (Print Publication: 2019).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222282
Abstrakt: Aquaculture of bivalve shellfish and seaweed represents a global opportunity to simultaneously advance coastal ecosystem recovery and provide substantive benefits to humanity. To identify marine ecoregions with the greatest potential for development of shellfish and seaweed aquaculture to meet this opportunity, we conducted a global spatial analysis using key environmental (e.g., nutrient pollution status), socioeconomic (e.g., governance quality), and human health factors (e.g., wastewater treatment prevalence). We identify a substantial opportunity for strategic sector development, with the highest opportunity marine ecoregions for shellfish aquaculture centered on Oceania, North America, and portions of Asia, and the highest opportunity for seaweed aquaculture distributed throughout Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North and South America. This study provides insights into specific areas where governments, international development organizations, and investors should prioritize new efforts to drive changes in public policy, capacity-building, and business planning to realize the ecosystem and societal benefits of shellfish and seaweed aquaculture.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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