AQUADAPT

Conversations About Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture

Essays

This series of essays explores “environmentally friendly aquaculture” and similar concepts from the perspectives of aquaculture stakeholders from the Asia-Pacific Region. They are classified into 5 main themes, which sometimes intersect, including:

  1. Systems and Technologies
  2. Natural Feeds and Aquatic Animal Health
  3. Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
  4. Nature-based Tools and Guides
  5. Governance, Policies, and Economics
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Systems and Technologies

  • Co-Culture of Rice and Fish for an Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture (Link)
  • Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA): An Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable System (Link)
  • Climate-Friendly Aquaculture in Rice Fields (Link)
  • Biofloc Technology: An Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture System (Link)
  • Thailand’s Community Fish Banks (Link)
  • Rice Cultivation on Floating Beds in Fishponds (Link)
  • Shellfish Aquaculture for Water Quality Improvement (Link)
  • Fish-Shrimp Integrated Aquaculture (Link)
  • Environmentally Friendly Frog Culture in Southeast Asia (Link)
  • Seaweed Aquaculture: A Potential Nature-based Solution (Link)
  • Sustainable Bivalve Aquaculture in Thailand (Link)
  • Community-based Crab Banks (Link)
  • Recirculating Aquaculture Systems for a Carbon Neutral Aquaculture (Link)

Natural Feeds and Aquatic Animal Health

  • Microorganisms for an Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture (Link)
  • Uses of Medicinal Plants for an Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture (Link)
  • Napier Grass as an Eco-Friendly and Low-Cost Alternative Tilapia Feed (Link)
  • Incorporating Azolla into Integrated Rice-Fish Culture for Greater Productivity and Sustainability (Link)
  • A Path to Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture: Feed and Feeding Practices (Link)
  • Periphyton: A Natural Feed for an Eco-Friendly Aquaculture (Link)
  • Uses of Wolffia in Aquaculture (Link)
  • The Black Soldier Fly Larvae: An Alternative Source of Fish Feed (Link)
  • The Role of Nature-based Solutions in Mitigating Diseases in Aquaculture (Link)
  • Fermented Rice Straw (Fish Sandwich): A Natural Feed in Fishponds (Link)
  • Functional Feeds: Their Benefits in Aquaculture (Link)

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

  • Gender-Inclusive Participation in Small-Scale Aquaculture (Link)
  • Integrating Nature-based Solutions and Social Inclusion in Southeast Asia’s Inland Cage Aquaculture (Link)
  • Nature-based Solutions and Gender Equality in Aquaculture (Link)
  • Beyond Tokenism: Centering Indigenous Knowledge in Vietnam’s Sustainable Aquaculture (Link)

Nature-based Tools and Guides

  • Sustainable Shrimp Aquaculture: A Guide to Environmentally Friendly Practices (Link)
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for an Environmentally Friendly and Sustainable Aquaculture (Link)
  • Climate Resilience and Eco-Friendly Practices for Shrimp Aquaculture (Link)
  • Water Footprint Management in Integrated Rice-Fish Farming Systems: Environmentally Friendly Practices (Link)
  • Nature-based Aquaculture Practices for Sustainability (Link)
  • Biochar in Aquaculture: Its Eco-Friendly and Functional Benefits (Link)
  • Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to the Aquaculture of the Mekong Delta (Link)

Governance, Policies, and Economics

  • Transforming Aquaculture’s Wastes into High-Value Products (Link)
  • The Impact of Shrimp Farming on Carbon Footprint and Environmentally Friendly Processes (Link)
  • Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (Link)
  • Government Subsidies as a Catalyst for Sustainable Aquaculture (Link)
  • Energy Transition in Vietnam’s Aquaculture Sector (Link)
  • Geographic Information Systems and Geospatial Intelligence in Aquaculture (Link)