Fishery products are the world's most important source of animal protein, especially for the poor. Meeting the basic human needs for protein foods in the future will be a difficult challenge, especially as demand for fish has doubled since the 1950s. Realistically we cannot expect to catch more food from the sea, so we must now turn to farming the waters, not just hunting them. The new challenge for planners is to accelerate aquaculture development and to plan for new production. As millions of people are moving from rural, inland areas to coastal cities we need to make urban areas not only centres of marketing and distribution, but also of production, particularly using recycled urban wastewater. This book on urban aquaculture includes papers from authors in the USA, Europe and Asia that review these emerging issues from the perspective of both developed and developing countries. Contents:
A Future Urban Ecosystem Incorporating Urban Aquaculture for Wastewater Treatment and Food Production, B Costa-Pierce and A Desbonnet. Viewing Urban Aquaculture as an Agroindustry, G Lutz.
The Evolution of Urban Aquaculture in Asia
Opportunities and Constraints to Urban Aquaculture, with a Focus on South and Southeast Asia, D C Little and S W Bunting. Development Status of Prospects for Wastewater-fed Aquaculture in Urban Environments, P Edwards. Peri-Urban Aquaculture and Poor Livelihoods in Kolkata, India, S W Bunting, N Kundu and M Mukherjee. Wastewater-based Urban Aquaculture systems in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, P Van Minh and N De Pauw. Wastewater Reuse Through Urban Aquaculture in Hanoi, Vietnam: Status and Prospects, V Quy Hoan and P Edwards.
The Evolution of Urban Aquaculture in Europe and North America
The Emergence of Urban Aquaculture in Europe, S W Bunting and D C Little. Competitive Potential for USA Urban Aquaculture Products, M B Timmons. Commercially Feasible Urban Recirculating Aquaculture: Addressing the Marine Sector, Y Zohar, Y Tal, H Schreier, C Steven, J Stubblefield and A Place. Shrimp Culture In Urban, Superintensive Closed Systems, C Browdy and S Moss. Aquaculture of the Florida Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians concentricus, in Tampa Bay Florida (USA): An Urban Estuary, N Blake. Four Years of Recirculating Aquaculture In Boston Harbor, USA, C A Goudey and B M Moran.
The Progress and Potentials of Urban Aquaculture Education
Urban Aquaculture in Brooklyn, New York, USA, M P Schreibman and C B Zarnoch. Growing A Future Crop of Aquaculturists: Creating An Urban Aquaculture Education Program in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, J J Roy. Science in Action: Tools for Teaching Urban Aquaculture Concepts, J A Frederick. Urban Aquaculture: A Necessary Reality, J K Buttner. Ecolobelling and Urban Aquaculture, C A Roheim.
Synthesis
Aquaculture in Future Urban Ecosystems, A Desbonnet and B Costa-Pierce.
