Fisheries and aquaculture depend directly on the natural environment for their productive capacity. The challenges for fisheries and aquaculture policy makers are to deliver on economic and social goals while respecting the natural biological limits of the resource. How to succeed in this has been a central subject of work by the OECD’s Committee for Fisheries.
Do you enjoy fishing? Do you enjoy seafood? Do you like the idea of your children and your children’s children being able to enjoy the same? If so, read on. This book is about aquaculture. It is about what aquaculture can and does provide the human race. It is about what aquaculture does well and where mistakes have been made.
In 2015, world aquaculture production reached 106 million tonnes, while European aquaculture production reached 2.98 million tonnes of seafood, with a value over 11 billion USD (FAO, 2017). Although the world aquaculture production is still the fastest-growing food-producing sector in the world, the European one increased by about 136% in the last 10 years. Organic aquaculture represents 4.7% o…
Shrimps are animals known to most people as nutritious and tasty food items. Shrimp fisheries and aquaculture are a vital part of US and world economies. These crustaceans are key ecological and food-web components of marine and freshwater habitats. Shrimps occur in all oceanic depths and latitudes. The 4400 species of decapod shrimps are amazingly diverse in size, shape, coloration, and natura…
Nanotechnology is a cutting-edge science and technology with numerous scientific and technological applications. Rapid breakthroughs in nanosciences and nanotech nologies have opened up new possibilities for many industrial and consumer sec tors, including aquaculture and agriculture and associated fields, which have recently been considered a hotspot of a new industrial revolution.
This auto-translation book overviews the fish population and its research methods, help readers in understanding the concept of fish population and population identification. It divides into seven chapters according to the characteristics of the subject and the development results. Based on a systematic introduction to the basic concepts and research contents of the biology of fishery resources…
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This book is a result of how wickedly complex life is for most all of us. Nothing seems to go according to plan. If that were the case, I would be penning a book about my adventures as an astronaut/firefighter/artist/sol- dier, which was my original plan around ten years of age. My father, Irving Zweibelson, was a World War II veteran, fine artist, and university professor. In the end,…
The classic book Frankenstein, written two centuries ago by English author Mary Shelley, bears an eerie descriptive of our pandemic world today. ‘Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change’, Shelley wrote. Well, say hello to our COVID-19 world, ‘a great and sudden change’ accompanied by waves of pain jolting minds and lives worldwide through lockdowns, quar…
The present publication focusses the attention on new avenues in regional information and knowledge management, while we will zoom in particularly on the potential promises and hurdles of digital technology. This digital challenge has already generated a wealth of implications in the area of smart or intelligent cities, but as yet far less has been achieved in the field of regional planning and…
Written as a tool for both researchers and communication managers, The Handbook of Crisis Communication is a comprehensive examination of the latest research, methods, and critical issues in crisis communication. Incorporating the views and research of more than 50 top scholars, the book provides a starting point for developing crisis communication as a distinctive field research rather than as…
This book has come together over several years, as books often do. My thanks go to Palgrave Series Editor, Jonathan Crichton, who encouraged me to write the book and whose guiding words helped shape the early stages.
Managerial Accounting includes pedagogical elements that engage and instruct students without cluttering the pages or interrupting student learning. Garrison’s key pedagogical tools enhance and support students’ understanding of the concepts rather than compete with the narrative for their attention.
The global economic crisis of 2009–2014 forced organizations to reduce expenses in an environment of reduced economic activities. One of the most popular cost-reduction activities is conducting more business online. Actually, we are experiencing one of the most important changes to our daily lives—the move to an Internet-based society
The book uses examples and case studies to show that cost optimization and not cost reduction is the right approach to maximizing profitability and enterprise value. Indeed, it is the only way to achieve sustainable profitability. In this book, the science of process improvement, the art of finance, and the enabling powers of information technology come together to make the case for a dependabl…