Journal
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
Volume 132, Issue -, Pages 120-131Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.08.017
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Coastal aquaculture; Shrimp; Climatic variables; Adaptation; Challenges
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- Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- Georg Forster Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany
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The coastal aquaculture sector in Bangladesh is dominated by export-oriented freshwater prawn and saltwater shrimp farming. However, the culture of prawn and shrimp in coastal Bangladesh has been accompanied by recent concerns over climate change. Different climatic variables, including cyclone, drought, flood, rainfall, salinity, sea level rise, and sea surface temperature have had adverse effects on prawn and shrimp production. Considering vulnerability to the effects of climate change on coastal aquaculture, one of the adaptation strategies is Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA). Open water IMTA in coastal Bangladesh would be a novel process of growing different finfish and shellfish with seaweeds in an integrated farm. IMTA is considered an ecosystem approach adaptation strategy to climate change which could generate environmental and economic benefits. We suggest institutional support to facilitate IMTA in coastal Bangladesh. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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