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Sustainable Aquaculture Paradigms: Ecosystems, Resources, Environments, and Management

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 1225

Special Issue Editors

Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: fisheries management; freshwater aquaculture; ecosystem modelling
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Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
Interests: fish ecology; sustainability aquaculture

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Aquaculture is one of the major producers of aquatic foods, contributes substantially to global food and nutrition security, and is likely to expand further in response to increasing demand from an increasingly populous and affluent world. However, aquaculture globally is facing the challenges of resource shortages and environment conservation; aquaculture development should therefore be highly energy and resource efficient and sustainable and embrace the principles of high quality, health, and safety, as well as being eco‐friendly. The development of sustainable aquaculture paradigms is thus increasingly important to achieve the goal of resource-saving and environmentally friendly development.

Globally, there are numerous of success stories of sustainable aquaculture paradigms in lakes, reservoirs, paddy, ponds, and a diversity of aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, this Special Issues focuses on all aspects of sustainable aquaculture paradigms, original research and reviews regarding resources management, biodiversity protection, bio-manipulation, ecological impact assessment, sustainable fishery, and ecological aquaculture ecosystems according to the principle of the sustainable fisheries and ecosystems. In this framework, studies concerning the environment, resource utilization and management, ecosystem structure and functioning, as well as the management strategies in all kinds of aquaculture ecosystems are welcomed, in addition to other related arguments, in the form of both specialized and interdisciplinary manuscripts. Aquaculture scientists are welcomed to provide high-quality research papers and reviews relating to sustainable aquaculture. We hope these articles can present the state-of-the-art of theories and, more importantly, can link our theoretical perception of ecology to the applied necessity of sustainable aquaculture development.

Dr. Chuanbo Guo
Dr. Chuansong Liao
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • aquaculture ecosystems
  • fishery management
  • resource utilization
  • water quality
  • natural water bodies
  • ponds
  • sustainable aquaculture

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Thermal Preference May Facilitate Spatial Coexistence of Two Invasive Fish Species in Lake Bosten, China
by Dan Song, Yinzhe Zhang, Junfeng Li, Puze Wang, Shaowen Ye, Tanglin Zhang, Wei Li, Chuansong Liao, Chuanbo Guo and Jiashou Liu
Sustainability 2023, 15(9), 7592; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15097592 - 05 May 2023
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As aquaculture food production is expected to increase, introduced aquaculture species play an important role in meeting the rising demand for aquatic food products and contributing to great societal benefits. Species introduction forces sympatric species to coexist within the same ecosystem by niche [...] Read more.
As aquaculture food production is expected to increase, introduced aquaculture species play an important role in meeting the rising demand for aquatic food products and contributing to great societal benefits. Species introduction forces sympatric species to coexist within the same ecosystem by niche segregation. Japanese smelt Hypomesus nipponensis and sharpbelly Hemiculter leucisculus are ecologically similar species and were introduced to Lake Bosten, the largest inland lake in Northwest China, accounting for more than 60% of the total production. We predicted that the coexistence of the two invasive species is mediated by habitat segregation. We analyzed spatiotemporal patterns of Japanese smelt and sharpbelly abundance in Lake Bosten to determine the patterns of spatial segregation between the two dominant fish species. Our results showed that, in Lake Bosten, sharpbelly are typically littoral dwellers when the surface temperature increases in spring and summer, while Japanese smelt often prefer pelagic waters, especially during summer and autumn when the surface temperature rises. Japanese smelt showed an affinity for deeper waters, using median depths 1.7 m deeper than those of sharpbelly, irrespective of the sampling season. Water temperature was the main underlying driver of such spatial segregation and coexistence of these two closely related species in Lake Bosten. Spawning, food resources, and fishing were also important possible factors affecting spatial segregation between the two species. Our results provide new information on niche partitioning patterns as strategies for the coexistence of the two dominant non-native fish in Lake Bosten, supporting the idea that ecologically similar species can avoid resource competition through spatial habitat segregation. Full article
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