Harnessing genomics to fast-track genetic improvement in aquaculture

Nature Reviews Genetics, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 21(7), P. 389 - 409

Published: April 16, 2020

Language: Английский

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Oceanic Hitchhikers – Assessing Pathogen Risks from Marine Microplastic

Trends in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 29(2), P. 107 - 116

Published: Aug. 13, 2020

As plastic debris in the environment continues to increase, an emerging concern is potential for microplastic act as vectors pathogen transport. With aquaculture fastest growing food sector, and contamination of shellfish increasingly demonstrated, understanding any risk transport associated with important this industry. However, there remains a lack detailed, systematic studies assessing interactions impacts that attachment human animal pathogens on may have. Here we synthesise current knowledge regarding these distinct microplastic-associated bacterial communities uptake pathways into bivalves, discuss whether they represent health threat, highlighting outstanding questions critical our safety.

Language: Английский

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Modulators of mercury risk to wildlife and humans in the context of rapid global change

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 47(2), P. 170 - 197

Published: Jan. 31, 2018

Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination is an urgent global health threat. The complexity of Hg in the environment can hinder accurate determination ecological and human risks, particularly within context rapid changes that are altering many processes, socioeconomic patterns, other factors like infectious disease incidence, which affect exposures outcomes. However, success Hg-reduction efforts depends on assessments their effectiveness reducing risks. In this paper, we examine role key extrinsic intrinsic drivers play several aspects risk to humans organisms environment. We do so three domains risk. First, how change influence pathways bioaccumulation biomagnification through food webs. Next, describe at a scale, individual-level drivers, exposure. Finally, address adverse effects wildlife modulated by range change. Incorporating components these into research monitoring will facilitate more holistic understanding societal interact

Language: Английский

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Shellfish: Nutritive Value, Health Benefits, and Consumer Safety

Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 16(6), P. 1219 - 1242

Published: Oct. 25, 2017

Abstract Shellfish is a major component of global seafood production. Specific items include shrimp, lobsters, oysters, mussels, scallops, clams, crabs, krill, crayfish, squid, cuttlefish, snails, abalone, and others. Shellfish, in general, contain appreciable quantities digestible proteins, essential amino acids, bioactive peptides, long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty astaxanthin other carotenoids, vitamin B 12 vitamins, minerals, including copper, zinc, inorganic phosphate, sodium, potassium, selenium, iodine, also nutrients, which offer variety health benefits to the consumer. Although shellfish are generally safe for consumption, their exposure diverse habitats, filter feeding nature such as unhealthy farming handling practices may occasionally entail risks because possible presence various hazards. These hazards pathogenic organisms, parasites, biotoxins, industrial environmental pollutants, heavy metals, process‐related additives antibiotics bisulfite, allergy‐causing compounds bodies. Most can be addressed by appropriate preventive measures at stages harvesting, farming, processing, storage, distribution, consumption. Furthermore, consumer safety strictly monitored international, governmental, local public organizations. This article highlights nutritional value points out control safeguard with respect products.

Language: Английский

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A decline in primary production in the North Sea over 25 years, associated with reductions in zooplankton abundance and fish stock recruitment

Global Change Biology, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 24(1)

Published: Sept. 25, 2017

Abstract Phytoplankton primary production is at the base of marine food web; changes in have direct or indirect effects on higher trophic levels, from zooplankton organisms to mammals and seabirds. Here, we present a new time‐series gross North Sea, 1988 2013, estimated using situ measurements chlorophyll underwater light. This shows that recent decades seen significant decline Sea. Moreover, differs magnitude between six hydrodynamic regions within Sea surface warming reduced riverine nutrient inputs are found be likely contributors declining levels production. In turn, correlations observed dynamics including (small) copepods standardized index fish recruitment, averaged over seven stocks high commercial significance Given positive (bottom‐up) associations production, abundance stock this study provides strong evidence if continues, knock‐on upon productivity fisheries expected unless these managed effectively cautiously.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable aquaculture through the One Health lens

Nature Food, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 1(8), P. 468 - 474

Published: Aug. 3, 2020

Language: Английский

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Viruses in the Built Environment (VIBE) meeting report

Microbiome, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 8(1)

Published: Jan. 4, 2020

Abstract Background During a period of rapid growth in our understanding the microbiology built environment recent years, majority research has focused on bacteria and fungi. Viruses, while probably as numerous, have received less attention. In response, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation supported workshop entitled “Viruses Built Environment (VIBE),” at which experts environmental engineering, microbiology, epidemiology, infection prevention, fluid dynamics, occupational health, metagenomics, virology convened to synthesize advances identify key questions knowledge gaps regarding viruses environment. Results Four primary areas funding priorities were identified. First, better viral communities is needed, specifically are present their sources, spatial temporal interactions with bacteria. Second, more information needed about including transmission environment, relationship between virus detection exposure, definition healthy virome. The third priority evaluate interventions for controlling virome This encompasses among viruses, buildings, occupants. Finally, overcome challenge working participants emphasized that improved sampling methods, laboratory techniques, bioinformatics approaches advance Conclusions We hope identifying these will engage other investigators agencies spur future highly interdisciplinary topic There numerous opportunities knowledge, many topics remain underexplored compared

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Agri-Food Systems: Environment, Economy, Society, and Policy

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 13(11), P. 6260 - 6260

Published: June 1, 2021

Agri-food systems (AFS) have been central in the debate on sustainable development. Despite this growing interest AFS, comprehensive analyses of scholarly literature are hard to find. Therefore, present systematic review delineated contours research strand and analyzed how it relates sustainability. A search performed Web Science January 2020 yielded 1389 documents, 1289 were selected underwent bibliometric topical analyses. The analysis was informed by SAFA (Sustainability Assessment Food Agriculture systems) approach FAO structured along four dimensions viz. environment, economy, society culture, policy governance. shows an increasing AFS with exponential increase publications number. However, study field is north-biased dominated researchers organizations from developed countries. Moreover, suggests that while environmental aspects sufficiently addressed, social, economic, political ones generally overlooked. paper ends providing directions for future listing some topics be integrated into a comprehensive, multidisciplinary agenda addressing multifaceted (un)sustainability AFS. It makes case adopting holistic, 4-P (planet, people, profit, policy) agri-food system studies.

Language: Английский

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Sustainable Intensification of Aquaculture through Nutrient Recycling and Circular Economies: More Fish, Less Waste, Blue Growth

Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 30(2), P. 143 - 169

Published: March 17, 2021

Aquaculture has grown rapidly to play a crucial economic and social role meet the increasing global demand for seafood. As aquaculture intensifies, there is pressure find more sustainable practices that save resources reduce waste. Major wastes by-products from were quantified across full range of farming types. Key opportunities wastewater treatment by-product recovery include nutrient recycling through combination biofilters, bioaccumulation multitrophic systems. To support intensification aquaculture, improvements in harvesting, accumulation processing methods require further investigation. Likewise, energy generated can potentially intensified production land-based recirculating systems (RAS). Future challenges faced by reuse side streams control food safety gaining consumer acceptance. Combined with increases resource use efficiency sector, feeding methodologies product storage, enable contribute sustainably toward nutritional requirements billions people over next century.

Language: Английский

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A Review of Unmanned System Technologies with Its Application to Aquaculture Farm Monitoring and Management

Drones, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(1), P. 12 - 12

Published: Jan. 6, 2022

This paper aims to provide an overview of the capabilities unmanned systems monitor and manage aquaculture farms that support precision using Internet Things. The locations are diverse, which is a big challenge on accessibility. For offshore fish cages, there difficulty risk in continuous monitoring considering presence waves, water currents, other underwater environmental factors. Aquaculture farm management surveillance operations require collecting data quality, pollutants, temperature, behavior, current/wave velocity, requires tremendous labor cost, effort. Unmanned vehicle technologies greater efficiency accuracy execute these functions. They even capable cage detection illegal fishing when equipped with sensors technologies. Additionally, more large-scale scope, this document explores capacity vehicles as communication gateway facilitate cages robust, low-cost in-air wireless connectivity. existing commercial systems, Things, artificial intelligence combined drones also presented precise framework.

Language: Английский

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