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Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries

A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 24213

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Jeffrey Ren

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National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, PO Box 8041, Christchurch, New Zealand
Interests: marine ecology; shellfish physiology; sustainable aquaculture; dynamic energy budget modelling; aquaculture modelling; ecosystem modeling

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The journal Fishes is preparing a Special Issue entitled “Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries.” Ecosystem-based management of fisheries has become one of the important measures for contemporary management of fisheries stocks. Understanding the biological behaviours and population status of exploited species is essential for management strategies. Equally, understanding functionality and services of aquaculture ecosystems will help achieve the goal of ecosystem-based management of aquaculture. Aquaculture may affect the ecosystem and hence recruitment of fisheries species in coastal ecosystems. Knowledge of interactions between cultured and wild species is essential for management of the ecosystems. The main aim of this Special Issue is to provide an opportunity for scientists to give an overview of recent works carried out in these areas of aquaculture and fisheries research. Papers on the interactions between aquaculture and fisheries, fisheries biology and ecology, aquaculture environment, new species, and modelling are welcome.

Dr. Jeffrey Ren
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • aquaculture
  • fisheries
  • biology
  • physiology
  • stock assessment
  • stock enhancement
  • modelling

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Wild and Farmed Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax): Comparison of Biometry Traits, Chemical and Fatty Acid Composition of Fillets
by Simona Tarricone, Anna Caputi Jambrenghi, Prospero Cagnetta and Marco Ragni
Fishes 2022, 7(1), 45; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7010045 - 11 Feb 2022
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Sea bass is a fish widely produced, consumed and appreciated in Italy. Its intensive rearing system provides the consumption of valuable fish to a wider population. Thanks to the use of an appropriate feed, it is possible to obtain reared sea bass which [...] Read more.
Sea bass is a fish widely produced, consumed and appreciated in Italy. Its intensive rearing system provides the consumption of valuable fish to a wider population. Thanks to the use of an appropriate feed, it is possible to obtain reared sea bass which are richer in total lipid with a majority presence of polyunsaturated fatty acids, such as n-3 and n-6 series. In this study, a total of 75 specimens of European sea bass coming from three different origins (two farmed and one wild) were considered, with 25 fish from each origin. Biometry traits were valued as of the chemical and fatty acid profile of fillets. Biometric indices, proximate composition and fatty acid percentage were significantly affected by the rearing system. Fishes from the intensive rearing system (IRS) showed the highest value of relative profile and condition factor, a higher content of lipid and total n-6 that influenced the n-6/n-3 ratio and the atherogenic indexes, and values that indicated their flesh for human consumption as a healthy alternative to the wild fishes. Full article
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Stable Isotope Analysis of Food Web Structure and the Contribution of Carbon Sources in the Sea Adjacent to the Miaodao Archipelago (China)
by Yongsong Zhao, Tao Yang, Xiujuan Shan, Xianshi Jin, Guangliang Teng and Chao Wei
Fishes 2022, 7(1), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7010032 - 29 Jan 2022
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The littoral zones around archipelagos are highly productive coastal habitats that serve as biodiversity hotspots and provide valuable ecosystem services that are different from those of the pelagic and profundal zones. The littoral zone has complex basal carbon sources from different primary producers [...] Read more.
The littoral zones around archipelagos are highly productive coastal habitats that serve as biodiversity hotspots and provide valuable ecosystem services that are different from those of the pelagic and profundal zones. The littoral zone has complex basal carbon sources from different primary producers and is an important ocean–land transition area. Macroalgae are the main primary producers of the littoral zone, but their carbon contribution to consumers is rarely studied. Basal carbon sources determine the structure of the food web. In order to determine the contribution of basal carbon sources and the food web structure of the littoral zone, we used carbon and nitrogen stable isotope techniques and a Bayesian mixing model to study the autumn benthic food web in the sea adjacent to the Miaodao Archipelago. The potential carbon sources of the benthic food web biota in the sea adjacent to the Miaodao Archipelago in autumn are mainly algae (including phytoplankton and macroalgae) and SOM, but the contribution of POM is low. Macroalgae may play a more important role in the littoral zone benthic food webs. Although there are certain uncertainties in the model results, invertebrates and fish have obvious differences in their use of carbon sources. The trophic importance of different primary producers varies with functional feeding groups, and the resource utilization of different functional feeding groups may have certain spatial characteristics. Full article
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Fish Diversity Monitored by Environmental DNA in the Yangtze River Mainstream
by Hui Jia, Hui Zhang and Weiwei Xian
Fishes 2022, 7(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7010001 - 22 Dec 2021
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Surveys and assessments based on environmental DNA are not only efficient and time-saving, but also cause less harm to monitoring targets. Environmental DNA has become a common tool for the assessment and monitoring of aquatic organisms. In this study, we investigated fish resources [...] Read more.
Surveys and assessments based on environmental DNA are not only efficient and time-saving, but also cause less harm to monitoring targets. Environmental DNA has become a common tool for the assessment and monitoring of aquatic organisms. In this study, we investigated fish resources in the Yangtze River mainstream using environmental DNA, and the variations in fish during two seasons (spring and autumn) were compared. The results showed that 13 species were identified in spring, and nine species of fish were identified in autumn. The fish with higher eDNA detection were Sinibotia superciliaris, Tachysurus fulvidraco, Cyprinus carpio, Ctenopharyngodon Idella, Monopterus albus, Acanthogobius hasta, Saurogobio dabryi, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Mugil cephalus, Odontamblyopus rubicundus. Seasonal variation between spring and autumn was not significant, and the environmental factors had different effects on fish assemblages during the two seasons. Our study used the eDNA technique to monitor the composition of fish in the spring and autumn in the Yangtze River mainstream, providing a new technology for the long-term management and protection of fishery resources in the region. Of course, problems such as pollution and insufficient databases are the current shortcomings of environmental DNA, which will be the focus of our future research and study. Full article
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Experimental Study of the Environmental Effects of Summertime Cocultures of Seaweed Gracilaria lemaneiformis (Rhodophyta) and Japanese Scallop Patinopecten yessoensis in Sanggou Bay, China
by Yi Liu, Xinmeng Wang, Wenguang Wu, Jun Yang, Ningning Wu and Jihong Zhang
Fishes 2021, 6(4), 53; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes6040053 - 22 Oct 2021
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The shellfish–algae mode of integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) is a sustainable aquaculture method that benefits the environment and the carbon cycle. However, most current shellfish–algae aquaculture modes are based on the expansion of kelp aquaculture. Due to the low tolerance of kelp to [...] Read more.
The shellfish–algae mode of integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) is a sustainable aquaculture method that benefits the environment and the carbon cycle. However, most current shellfish–algae aquaculture modes are based on the expansion of kelp aquaculture. Due to the low tolerance of kelp to high temperatures, integrated shellfish–algae aquaculture areas often become shellfish monocultures in summer, which may lead to both high mortality rate of shellfish and to economic loss while causing serious environmental harm via eutrophication, decreases in dissolved oxygen (DO), and decreases in pH. In this study, we investigated the effects of different ratios of seaweed (Gracilaria lemaneiformis), which is tolerant of high temperatures, to Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis) on water quality and environmental parameters. A two-day small-scale enclosure water body experiment was conducted in Sanggou Bay (Shandong, China) in August 2019. The results demonstrated that culturing shellfish alone significantly affected pH, DO, eutrophication, and other environmental indicators, as well as the carbonate system. The negative environmental impact of the shellfish–algae aquaculture system was much smaller. However, too high a proportion of algae might consume excessive amounts of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and nutrients, while too low a proportion of algae might not fully absorb the nutrients released by the cultured shellfish, in turn leading to an increased risk of eutrophication. The shellfish–algae aquaculture system not only improved the inorganic carbon system, but also the organic carbon system. At the end of the experiment, all the parameters of the inorganic carbon system had decreased significantly, while all the parameters of the organic carbon system had increased significantly. The results of this study illustrate the need to include macroalgae rotations in summer, and that an appropriate ratio of shellfish to algae is necessary to achieve a sustainable aquaculture system. Moreover, this research has also confirmed the importance of the future and related research in the actual production, which will provide useful information to guide governmental strategies for summer aquaculture rotations and insight into the controversy concerning whether aquaculture is a carbon source or sink. Full article
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Shelf-Life Prediction of Glazed Large Yellow Croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea) during Frozen Storage Based on Arrhenius Model and Long-Short-Term Memory Neural Networks Model
by Yuanming Chu, Mingtang Tan, Zhengkai Yi, Zhaoyang Ding, Dazhang Yang and Jing Xie
Fishes 2021, 6(3), 39; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes6030039 - 10 Sep 2021
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In this study, the changes in centrifugal loss, TVB-N, K-value, whiteness and sensory evaluation of glazed large yellow croaker were analyzed at −10, −20, −30 and −40 °C storage. The Arrhenius prediction model and long-short-term memory neural networks (LSTM-NN) prediction model were developed [...] Read more.
In this study, the changes in centrifugal loss, TVB-N, K-value, whiteness and sensory evaluation of glazed large yellow croaker were analyzed at −10, −20, −30 and −40 °C storage. The Arrhenius prediction model and long-short-term memory neural networks (LSTM-NN) prediction model were developed to predict the shelf-life of the glazed large yellow croaker. The results showed that the quality of glazed large yellow croaker gradually decreased with the extension of frozen storage time, and the decrease in quality slowed down at lower temperatures. Both the Arrhenius model and the LSTM-NN prediction model were good tools for predicting the shelf-life of glazed large yellow croaker. However, for the relative error, the prediction accuracy of LSTM-NN (with a mean value of 7.78%) was higher than that of Arrhenius model (with a mean value of 11.90%). Moreover, the LSTM-NN model had a more intelligent, convenient and fast data processing capability, so the new LSTM-NN model provided a better choice for predicting the shelf-life of glazed large yellow croaker. Full article
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Nonstationary Responses of Demersal Fishes to Environmental Variations in Temperate Waters of the Northwestern North Pacific under a Changing Climate
by Qingsong He, Shuyang Ma, Qinwang Xing, Wenchao Zhang, Haiqing Yu and Zhenjiang Ye
Fishes 2021, 6(3), 22; https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes6030022 - 22 Jul 2021
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Although nonstationarity in marine ecosystems has attracted great attention, the nonstationary responses of demersal fishes to environmental variations induced by the changing climate are still not well understood. Here, we collected 21 time series of demersal fishes from 1956 to 2015 to investigate [...] Read more.
Although nonstationarity in marine ecosystems has attracted great attention, the nonstationary responses of demersal fishes to environmental variations induced by the changing climate are still not well understood. Here, we collected 21 time series of demersal fishes from 1956 to 2015 to investigate the climate-induced nonstationary responses in temperate waters of the northwestern North Pacific (NWP). We showed that these demersal fishes experienced state shifts in approximately 1986/87, accompanied by abrupt warming over this region. Moreover, the relationships between demersal fishes and sea surface temperature (SST) were found to change between the two identified eras (i.e., a weak relationship before 1986 and a strong negative relationship after 1986), which may be primarily caused by the alternating dominance of the East Asian winter monsoon and mega-ENSO on SST in temperate waters of the NWP. The identified climate-induced nonstationary responses of demersal fishes to SST variability in this study may provide implications for understanding climate-induced biological dynamics, predicting demersal fish fluctuations, coping with potential ecological risks, and the sustainable exploitation of fishery resources in the future climate. Note that the impact of fishing on the demersal fishes in temperate waters of the NWP was not assessed in this study due to the lack of fishing effort data and therefore the conclusions of our research should be approached with caution. Full article
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