SALMON FISH FARMING HANDBOOK: A Comprehensive Guide to Sustainable Salmon Aquaculture, Innovation, and Ethical Ocean Stewardship in the 21st Century - Softcover

ROMA, RAPHAEL

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798273901100

Verlag: Independently published, 2025

Inhaltsangabe

Dive into the future of aquaculture with The Salmon Farming Handbook—a comprehensive, professional, and educational guide that redefines how we understand and practice sustainable salmon production in the 21st century. This authoritative volume unites cutting-edge science, advanced engineering, and ethical responsibility, offering an unparalleled exploration of the technologies, challenges, and global opportunities shaping modern salmon farming.

From the pioneering net-pen systems of Norway and Scotland to the rise of AI-integrated recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), this handbook traces the complete evolution of salmon aquaculture—covering everything from hatchery management and genetic improvement to health care, nutrition, and post-harvest processing. It blends biological insight with digital transformation, showing how artificial intelligence, IoT sensors, robotics, and satellite analytics are revolutionizing water quality monitoring, feeding efficiency, and welfare assessment in real time.

Each chapter delivers deeply researched, field-tested knowledge on critical topics, including:

• Origins and evolution of global salmon aquaculture and its role in food security.

• Taxonomy, physiology, and life cycle of salmonids for optimized farming and welfare.

• Water quality, site selection, and RAS engineering principles for resilient infrastructure.

• Advanced genetics, nutrition, and disease prevention through genomic tools and biosecurity.

• Smart aquaculture systems—automation, predictive analytics, and precision farming innovations.

• Sustainability and circular economy, from waste valorization to carbon-neutral design.

• Global policy, ethics, and citizen science, empowering communities and conservation.

• Future resilience, including cryobanking, renewable energy, and international collaboration.

Written for professionals, researchers, students, and environmental policymakers, The Salmon Farming Handbook serves as both a reference and a roadmap—bridging scientific research with practical implementation. It emphasizes responsible innovation, ecosystem restoration, and ethical aquaculture practices that ensure long-term coexistence between humans, technology, and the marine environment.

Whether you are an aquaculture engineer, marine biologist, policy strategist, or sustainability advocate, this handbook equips you with the tools to navigate the Anthropocene era of intelligent ocean farming—where sustainability, welfare, and technology unite to feed a growing planet responsibly.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798273901100
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 242
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