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Sustainability in Aquaculture

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainability, Biodiversity and Conservation".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (23 June 2025) | Viewed by 598

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1. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (IIMyC), UNMdP/CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina
2. Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, UNMdP, Mar del Plata, Argentina
Interests: aquaculture; algae; climate change; crustacean

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Dear Colleagues,

As the world's most efficient protein generator, aquaculture is one of the most important long-term growth areas for food production. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), aquaculture continues to grow faster than any other major food sector and is expected to provide 60% of the fish available for human consumption by 2030. World production is forecast to reach 109 million tons by this date, representing an increase of 37% compared to current levels (Source: 'The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture', FAO 2018). Improved control of the entire farming system (feed, water quality, feed waste, animal health status, etc.) enables fish and shrimp farmers to maintain more efficient production levels and reduce their impact on the environment. This is an ideal approach to further increasing aquaculture production volumes in a sustainable manner. The development of technologies aimed at caring for the environment, the reuse of waste, and the generation of low-cost energy have become essential.

The Journal regularly publishes papers on applied or scientific research relevant to freshwater, brackish, and marine aquaculture. It covers all aquatic organisms, floristic and faunistic, related directly or indirectly to human consumption. It also covers pollution and nutrient inputs; bioaccumulation; and the impacts of chemical compounds used in aquaculture, including their effects on benthic and pelagic assemblages or processes that are related to aquaculture activities in order to improve the understanding of the relationships between nutrition and the environmental impact of aquaculture and propose eco-friendly processes that efficiently recycle contaminants from liquid and gaseous media.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following: aquaculture sustainability, mariculture, bioremediation of aquaculture waste, and aquaculture food production.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. María Alejandra Marcoval
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • water quality
  • sewage treatment
  • ecofriendly process
  • phycoremediation

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Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) for Cultivating Oncorhynchus mykiss and the Potential for IoT Integration: A Systematic Review and Bibliometric Analysis
by Dorila E. Grandez-Yoplac, Miguel Pachas-Caycho, Josseph Cristobal, Sandy Chapa-Gonza, Roberto Carlos Mori-Zabarburú and Grobert A. Guadalupe
Sustainability 2025, 17(15), 6729; https://doi.org/10.3390/su17156729 - 24 Jul 2025
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The objective of this research was to conduct a comprehensive review of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) culture in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), identify knowledge gaps, and propose strategies oriented towards intelligent and sustainable aquaculture. A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of [...] Read more.
The objective of this research was to conduct a comprehensive review of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) culture in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), identify knowledge gaps, and propose strategies oriented towards intelligent and sustainable aquaculture. A systematic review and bibliometric analysis of 387 articles published between 1941 and 2025 in the Scopus database was carried out. Since 2011, there has been a sustained growth in scientific production, with the United States, Denmark, Finland, and Germany standing out as the main contributors. The journals with the highest number of publications were Aquacultural Engineering, Aquaculture, and Aquaculture Research. The conceptual analysis revealed the following three thematic clusters: experimental studies on physiology and metabolism; research focused on nutrition, growth, and yield; and technological developments for water treatment in RAS. This evolution reflects a transition from basic approaches to applied technologies oriented towards sustainability. There was also evidence of a thematic transition toward molecular tools such as proteomics, transcriptomics, and real-time PCR. However, there is still limited integration of smart technologies such as the IoT. It is recommended to incorporate self-calibrating multi-parametric sensors, machine learning models, and autonomous systems for environmental regulation in real time. Full article
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