Novel and emerging technologies: can they contribute to improving aquaculture sustainability?

摘要: Aquaculture continues to be the fastest-growing food production sector with great potential meet projected protein needs. The scientific and business communities are responding challenges opportunities inherent in * Corresponding author: Craig.Browdy@novusint.com Global Conference on 2010 – Farming Waters for People Food 150 growing aquaculture research efforts generating novel technologies that mirror diversity of industry. In genetics breeding, pace advancement innovation has been increasing exponentially. number breeding programmes, species, target traits efficiency sophistication techniques applied expand advance. However, development at times outdistanced our ability analyze risks benefits, develop appropriate culture containment technologies, educate communicate, reach policy regulatory consensus. Now, more than ever, must made society accurately understand risks, capture raise healthier aquatic organisms faster less environmental impact, while improving economic stability providing associated social benefits. Disease outbreaks continue constrain sustainability. Improvements animal plant health coming from new improved management strategies better understanding genetic physiological basis immunity. Vaccine is benefiting specific antigen determination, efficacious adjuvants enhanced vaccine delivery. Traditional diagnostic newer methods have greatly speed, specificity sensitivity. Research oral delivery disease focus prevention offer control pathogens parasites future, obviating use antibiotics chemotherapeutants. An important key any fed species sustainable, cost-effective nutritionally complete feeds, along efficient feed systems. Current focusing nutritional requirements, nutrient availabilities formulations designed maximize conversion efficiency. Continuing cost pressures acute need find additional lipid sources augment limited fishmeal fish oil supplies driving an increased how different nutrients utilized amounts terrestrial ingredients. New proteins lipids algae microbes can alternatives, as efficiencies improve. Use enzymes, probiotics prebiotics, phytogenic compounds organic acids being shown change gut microflora improve health, digestibility performance. Improved pelleting extrusion allow top-quality feeds. Advancements systems, including recirculation cages integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, also contributing industry expansion All these system benefitting expanding information communication systems which enabling advances every stage production. These other examples