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dc.contributor.authorPrimavera, Jurgenne
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-28T13:35:54Z
dc.date.available2012-06-28T13:35:54Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationPrimavera, J. H. (2005). Mangroves, Fishponds, and the Quest for Sustainability. Science, 310(5745), 57–59. doi:10.1126/science.1115179en
dc.identifier.issn1095-9203
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10862/994
dc.description.abstractAquaculture, the farming of shrimp and other useful aquatic and marine plants and animals in artificially confined and tended ponds, pens, and cages, ranks as a phenomenal success story in global food production. In 1975, aquaculture contributed 8% to the overall yield of the world's fish harvest; now it provides more than one-third of the yield. Total aquaculture production in 2003 was 54.8 million metric tons valued at $67.3 billion in U.S. dollars. More than 90% of this output comes from Asia, where aquaculture has its origins and where this month's essay author has lived and worked all of her life. In her essay, Jurgenne H. Primavera, senior scientist of the Aquaculture Department of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center based in Iloilo, Central Philippines, traces the recent history of aquaculture and the socioeconomic and environmental challenges that its rapid growth has wrought, especially for the mangrove ecosystems in which much of brackishwater pond aquaculture occurs. With an eye on all stakeholders, Primavera lays out how aquaculture is now falling short of the goal of sustainability and what steps might be taken to move the industry in that direction.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Scienceen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.sciencemag.org/content/310/5745/57.1.full.pdf
dc.subjectPenaeidaeen
dc.subjectPhilippinesen
dc.titleMangroves, fishponds, and the quest for sustainabilityen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.date.updated2012-06-28T13:22:27Z
dc.citation.volume310
dc.citation.issue5745
dc.citation.spage57
dc.citation.epage59
dc.citation.journalTitleScienceen
dc.subject.asfaaquacultureen
dc.subject.asfaaquaculture effluentsen
dc.subject.asfabrackishwater aquacultureen
dc.subject.asfaculture effectsen
dc.subject.asfaecosystem disturbanceen
dc.subject.asfaecosystem managementen
dc.subject.asfaenvironmental impacten
dc.subject.asfaestuariesen
dc.subject.asfafish pondsen
dc.subject.asfahistoryen
dc.subject.asfamangrove swampsen
dc.subject.asfamaricultureen
dc.subject.asfapond cultureen
dc.subject.asfaresource managementen
dc.subject.asfasocioeconomic aspectsen
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/science.1115179


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