Blue Revolution, and Aquatic Life

Recently, the aquaculture industry has grown rapidly with the realization that aquaculture products are renewable, sustainable, and beneficial for human nutrition and overall health status. Globally, aquaculture organisms are mainly classified according to two large divisions, aquatic animals (finfish, crustaceans, and mollusks) and aquatic plants (microalgae and seaweed). The culture technologies for each division may be established separately, while some technologies involve co-integration systems. Generally, algal cells are heavily utilized and may be applied during all stages of aquaculture activities of aquatic animals. Due to the global population explosion and climate change, the sustainable development of aquatic integration systems is a critical issue in facilitating the Blue Revolution. Integration between aquatic animals and aquatic plants may be outrighted during early larval rearing, on-growing, and/or mass production. The aim of integration is to achieve better direct and indirect nutrition, lower stress levels, improved environmental impact, and enhanced antibacterial and antioxidant capacities. As a result, this integration can lead to lower production costs, high efficiency, and serve as a future for sustainable aquaculture industry projects. On the other hand, algal cells have significant application roles in several sustainable bio-industries.

From the perspective of the Blue Revolution, the current Special Issue is concerned with the integration of generations of aquatic plants and aquatic animals and their resulting aquaculture products. We welcome the submission of high-quality research articles, review articles, and short communications that provide recent insights into the several aspects of the Blue Revolution, such as but not limited to the integration of generations of aquatic organisms,         sustainable development of aquatic organisms, immunity of aquatic animals, IMTA, PBR, RAS, aquaponic systems, treatment of aquaculture effluent, seaweed/microalgae co-culture, fish/shrimp/mollusk/seaweed co-cultures, and algal cell extracts and products.        

Dr. Mohamed Ashour

Dr. Abdallah Tageldein Mansour

Guest Editors

Dr. Mohamed Ashour
Dr. Abdallah Mansour
Guest Editors

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• • Live feeds • Green water technique • Algae culture • Algae biomass concentrates • Photobioreactors (PBR) • Seaweeds culture techniques • Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) • Aquaponic systems • Aqua-feed additives • Aquatic plants extracts/phytochemicals/products • Aquaculture water conditioner • Aquaculture water treatments