Public Health Perspectives on Aquaculture

Abstract

Nearly half of all seafood consumed globally comes from aquaculture, a method of food production that has expanded rapidly in recent years. Increasing seafood consumption has been proposed as part of a strategy to combat the current non-communicable disease (NCD) pandemic, but public health, environmental, social, and production challenges related to certain types of aquaculture production must be addressed. Resolving these complicated human health and ecologic trade-offs requires systems thinking and collaboration across many fields; the One Health concept is an integrative approach that brings veterinary and human health experts together to combat zoonotic disease. We propose applying and expanding the One Health approach to facilitate collaboration among stakeholders focused on increasing consumption of seafood and expanding aquaculture production, using methods that minimize risks to public health, animal health, and ecology. This expanded application of One Health may also have relevance to other complex systems with similar trade-offs.

Effects of different doses of pig dung on the growth performance of Catla, Catlacatla (Hamilton, 1822)

“…The pattern of the constant increasing trend of plankton in the treated ponds during the study period confirmed the role of water temperature and photoperiod (Tavares et al, 2010), pH and total alkalinity (Prithwiraj et al, 2008). NO 3 -N and PO 4 -P-status of pond water (Freid et al 2003) and DO (Gormaz et al, 2014) in production profile and total plankton production. Diana et al(2012) reported the volume of plankton in the range from 1.2 to 7 ml/50l in a pond where pigs were stocked at the rate of 40 no.ha -1 .…”

Investigation of antiaromatase activity using hepatic microsomes of Nile tilapia (<i>Oreochromis niloticus</i>)

“…Therefore, male fish need to be produced when aquaculturing Nile tilapia. For years, aromatase inhibitors have been used as sex inversion agents to produce all-male populations of fish since they can significantly reduce the biosynthesis of estrogen (16,18). The antiaromatase activity of different compounds should be compared in order to search for the most potent aromatase inhibitor.…”

“…Therefore, research on mechanisms of fish reproduction has sought to develop agents with potent anti-aromatase activity, i.e. aromatase inhibitors, in order to decrease estrogen synthesis and masculinize fish to complete the sex shift to males (16).…”

PROSES PENGOLAHAN IKAN TERI (Stolephorus sp.)DAN PEMANFAATAN LIMBAHNYA SEBAGAI BAHAN BAKU PAKAN IKAN DALAM MENDUKUNG KONSEP ZERO WASTE

“…Di satu sisi limbah ikan masih kaya akan nutrisi seperti asam amino, asam lemak, yodium dan lainnya, sehingga masih potensial untuk dimanfaatkan dari pada dibuang (Gormaz and Fry, 2014). Menurut Visvanathan (2007), alternatif pengolahan limbah ikan diantaranya sebagai bahan baku bidang farmasi, gelatin dari kulit dan tulang, tepung dan minyak ikan, silase, kompos, pupuk, ataupun pakan.…”