Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su14063257
Keywords
integrated aquaculture; IMTA; aquatic animals; microalgae; seaweeds; feed additive; microalgae biomass concentrates
Funding
- Deanship of Scientific Research, Vice Presidency for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia [AN000339]
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The aquaculture industry has grown rapidly in response to global population growth and the recognition of the benefits of aquaculture products for human health and nutrition. Development of economical and environmentally friendly technologies to produce aquaculture organisms is essential. The integration between aquatic plants and animals is important for the efficiency and sustainability of aquaculture industry.
The aquaculture industry has rapidly increased in response to the increasing world population, with the appreciation that aquaculture products are beneficial for human health and nutrition. Globally, aquaculture organisms are mainly divided into two divisions, aquatic animals (finfish, crustaceans, and molluscs) and aquatic plants (microalgae and seaweed). Worldwide aquaculture production has reached more than 82 million tonnes (MTs) in 2018 with more than 450 cultured species. The development of economical, environmentally friendly, and large-scale feasible technologies to produce aquaculture organisms (even aquatic animals and/or aquatic plants) is an essential need of the world. Some aquaculture technologies are related to aquatic animals or aquatic plants, as well as some technologies have an integrated system. This integration between aquatic plants and aquatic animals could be performed during early larvae rearing, on-growing and/or mass production. In the context of the blue revolution, the current review focuses on the generations of integration between aquatic plants and aquatic animals, such as live feeds, biomass concentrates, water conditioners green water technique, aqua-feed additives, co-culturing technologies, and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA). This review could shed light on the benefit of aquatic animals and plant integration, which could lead future low-cost, highly efficient, and sustainable aquaculture industry projects.
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