Impact of an open-sea suspended mussel culture on macrobenthic community (Western Adriatic Sea)

Fabi, Gianna; Manoukian, Sarine; Spagnolo, Alessandra

doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.12.026

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“…Consequently, some case studies have shown evidence of negative effects on benthic communities via the intense biodeposition of feces and pseudofeces (e.g., Gilbert et al, 1997;Smith & Shackley, 2004;da Costa & Nalesso, 2006;Dubois et al, 2007;Fabi et al, 2009). For example, a large quantity of organic biodeposition can dramatically decline the abundance of benthic fauna and species richness (Smith & Shackley, 2004;da Costa & Nalesso, 2006;Dubois et al, 2007).…”

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“…Mariculture of bivalves in suspended culture systems is attractive from economic and environmental standpoints, because good growth results can be achieved completely from naturally occurring organic food sources which can greatly reduce the culture cost and environmental pollution from the artificial food supplements (Yang & Zhou, 1998;da Costa & Nalesso, 2006;Gibbs, 2007;Fabi et al, 2009). Moreover, the benthos can also benefit from the suspended culture system.…”

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Effects of intensive scallop mariculture on macrobenthic assemblages in Sishili Bay, the northern Yellow Sea of China

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To elucidate the effects of scallop mariculture on the macrobenthic community in a moderate energy system, bimonthly samples from four transects along a distance gradient in Sishili Bay, the northern Yellow Sea of China, were investigated. Differences in macrobenthic community structure along the distance gradient were evaluated using univariate and multivariate analyses. The AZTI's Marine Biotic Index (AMBI) and multivariate-AMBI analyses indicated that the macrobenthic community suffered little disturbance from the scallop culture. Consistently, the results of two-way analysis of similarities demonstrated that macrobenthic communities showed no difference along the distance gradient, but were significantly affected by the sampling months and transects. This conclusion was also confirmed by other univariate and multivariate analyses. The concentration of total organic carbon was 17.27 ± 6.05 mg g -1 , which is below the dangerous threshold of 35 mg g -1 toxic to benthic fauna. Combined results revealed that no detectable effects on the macrobenthic community were caused by intensive and long-term scallop culture in this moderate energy system. This is likely due to the influence of local hydrodynamics and it is recommended that intensive scallop farming be located in areas with strong tidal or current flows.

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Effects of intensive scallop mariculture on macrobenthic assemblages in Sishili Bay, the northern Yellow Sea of China

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“…Based on this, the costs of a reef are paid back after 5 years. Thanks to the dynamic environment, the environmental impact is reduced to a minimum (Fabi et al 2009). …”

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Offshore and Multi-Use Aquaculture with Extractive Species: Seaweeds and Bivalves

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Nevejan

Wille

et al. 2017

Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean

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Aquaculture of extractive species, such as bivalves and macroalgae, already supplies a large amount of the production consumed worldwide, and further production is steadily increasing. Moving aquaculture operations off the coast as well as combining various uses at one site, commonly called multi-use aquaculture, is still in its infancy. Various projects worldwide, pioneered in Germany and later accompanied by other European projects, such as in Belgium, The Netherlands, Norway, as well as other international projects in the Republic of Korea and the USA, to name a few, started to invest in robust technologies and to investigate in system design needed that species can be farmed to market size in high energy environments. There are a few running enterprises with extractive species offshore, however, multi-use scenarios as well as offshore IMTA concepts are still on project scale. This will change soon as the demand is dramatically increasing and space is limited.

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“…While most environmental impacts have been associated with marine finfish culture, there are some concerns with shellfish and macroalgae culture though to a much lesser extent. These issues are also covered extensively in the literature (Fabia et al 2009;Hatcher et al 1994;Langan 2007Langan , 2012Lloyd 2003;Paul 1999;Plew et al 2005;Price et al 2015) …”

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Epilogue—Pathways Towards Sustainable Ocean Food Production

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Langan

2017

Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean

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While there is a great deal of global interest in the development of combined uses of open ocean installations, for commercial scale multi-use platforms for food and energy production and other potential applications, the transition from concept to reality has yet to come to fruition. While much is known about the economics, environmental, political and societal effects of individual production sectors, there are many unknowns and challenges with regard to economics, engineering, liability and social aspects of multi-use. Mutually agreed upon principles, such as those articulated in the Bremerhaven Declaration, and EU directives and grant funding opportunities to advance research and development indicate that progress, although measured, is being made. The development of true commercial-scale multi-use offshore platforms will require investment in demonstration projects and multi-national cooperation and collaboration across public and private sectors.

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Impact of an open-sea suspended mussel culture on macrobenthic community (Western Adriatic Sea)

Cited by 64 publications

References 57 publications

Effects of intensive scallop mariculture on macrobenthic assemblages in Sishili Bay, the northern Yellow Sea of China

Effects of intensive scallop mariculture on macrobenthic assemblages in Sishili Bay, the northern Yellow Sea of China

Offshore and Multi-Use Aquaculture with Extractive Species: Seaweeds and Bivalves

Epilogue—Pathways Towards Sustainable Ocean Food Production

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