2023
Overview
Mariculture is the branch of aquaculture devoted to cultivating marine organisms, such as shrimp, oysters, other shellfish, fish, and seaweeds, in seawater environments for food and other products. It encompasses farming carried out in coastal waters, the open sea, and controlled or enclosed marine systems, and it is an increasingly important means of meeting global demand for seafood as wild fisheries face mounting pressure. By rearing high-value species such as shrimp and oysters under managed conditions, mariculture can increase the production of seafood while, when well designed, limiting some of the environmental impacts associated with capture fisheries. Successful mariculture depends on careful attention to water quality, nutrition, stocking, disease control, and the sustainability of the surrounding ecosystem. Within the broad scope of aquaculture research and development, the cultivation of shrimp, oysters, and related marine species is studied alongside questions of feed efficiency, growth performance, husbandry, and environmental management that apply across aquatic farming systems. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research within the broad field of aquaculture relevant to mariculture and the culture of shrimp and oysters.
Research published in this journal
1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.