About this Research Topic
Sustainable aquaculture is central to strengthening global food security and can be key to lessening pressure on wild fish stocks and the ocean ecosystem. Solution-oriented research and innovation could help transform aquaculture and provide solutions to farmers to significantly reduce their environmental footprint by 2030.
The goal of this Research Topic is to present global perspectives on how aquaculture can significantly enhance its contribution towards achieving global food security by 2030. The focus will be on nutritionally optimized feeds from sustainable sources. A major challenge is addressing the sustainability divide among producer countries to fast track progress in aquaculture as a blue growth area with a low environmental footprint. The emerging digital technologies and innovative approaches can support aquaculture enterprises to achieve their full potential. It is desired that each article highlight the practical value of the contents, including which problem these are going to solve by way of viable options rooted in sustainable feed solutions. Alternative aquafeeds and alternative business models of circular economy are among the most relevant topics. Aquaculture certainly needs to transform to be environmentally compatible and adaptable to changing climate. How this can be achieved by new research initiatives should be outlined in the articles.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research and Review articles on emerging aspects of sustainable aquaculture feeds. Topics of particular interest include: Sustainable feeds, bioencapsulated live feed and functional feed; circular economy models in aquaculture such as aquaponics and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture and evidence-based biomimicry models of nutrient cascading. Realizing that the emerging digital technologies (Industry 4.0) can be a real game-changer in aquaculture transformation, topics focusing on real-time production controls, data analytics, and automation related to the feeding systems will be considered if the results demonstrate their significance as water-smart interventions in aquatic food production.
Papers should be based on scientific evidence and/or interpreted in the context of reduced environmental footprint and replacement of prey fish in the diet of captive fish.
The goal of this Research Topic is to present global perspectives on how aquaculture can significantly enhance its contribution towards achieving global food security by 2030. The focus will be on nutritionally optimized feeds from sustainable sources. A major challenge is addressing the sustainability divide among producer countries to fast track progress in aquaculture as a blue growth area with a low environmental footprint. The emerging digital technologies and innovative approaches can support aquaculture enterprises to achieve their full potential. It is desired that each article highlight the practical value of the contents, including which problem these are going to solve by way of viable options rooted in sustainable feed solutions. Alternative aquafeeds and alternative business models of circular economy are among the most relevant topics. Aquaculture certainly needs to transform to be environmentally compatible and adaptable to changing climate. How this can be achieved by new research initiatives should be outlined in the articles.
This Research Topic welcomes Original Research and Review articles on emerging aspects of sustainable aquaculture feeds. Topics of particular interest include: Sustainable feeds, bioencapsulated live feed and functional feed; circular economy models in aquaculture such as aquaponics and integrated multi-trophic aquaculture and evidence-based biomimicry models of nutrient cascading. Realizing that the emerging digital technologies (Industry 4.0) can be a real game-changer in aquaculture transformation, topics focusing on real-time production controls, data analytics, and automation related to the feeding systems will be considered if the results demonstrate their significance as water-smart interventions in aquatic food production.
Papers should be based on scientific evidence and/or interpreted in the context of reduced environmental footprint and replacement of prey fish in the diet of captive fish.
Keywords: Aquaculture transformation, Sustainable feeds, Functional feed, Bioencapsulated feed, Nutrient cascading, Circular economy, Digital technologies
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