Full Description
In this volume, an international group of contributors explores the newly emerging aquaculture industry. Focusing on the social and environmental dimensions of aquacultural development in both industrialized and nonindustrialized nations, they examine issues of social equity, user-group conflict, environmental impacts of production, and the mediating role of the state. They also discuss aquaculture's role in development activity-especially in sustainable development, where it can enhance community viability, coherence, and solidarity. Asserting the need for careful planning and recognizing impending political and moral choices, the contributors assess the decisionmaking process for public authorities and development agencies and consider the social consequences of these decisions. Policymakers responsible for promoting and managing this growing industry will find this volume invaluable as they begin to research and design appropriate institutional structures. In addition, scholars interested in the overall adoption and diffusion of new technologies will find here a rich source of information about a system that shares attributes with but also differs significantly from agricultural and fisheries production systems.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction -- Social Science Contributions to Aquacultural Development -- Aquacultural Development in Industrialized Nations -- The Sky Is the Limit? The Rise and Fall of Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture, 1970-1990 -- Norway's Cod Farming Industry: Adaptation, Imitation or Innovation? -- Aquaculture in the Baltic Sea: Regional Development and Environmental Conflict -- Along the Coast and in the State: Aquaculture and Politics in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick -- Paradise Under Siege: A Case Study of Aquacultural Development in Nova Scotia -- The Political and Social Context of Technology Transfer: Two Oyster Projects in Florida -- Catfish in the Farming System of West Alabama -- Colonizing the Coastal Frontier: Governing Marine Salmon Farming in Scotland -- Aquacultural Development in Non-Industrialized Nations -- Shrimp Mariculture Development in Two Rural Mexican Communities -- Social and Environmental Impacts of Coastal Aquaculture in Indonesia -- Household and Community Factors Affecting Development of Small-Scale Fish Farming in Africa -- Institutional Requirements for Aquacultural Development in Africa: Lessons from Rwanda -- Cages, Controversies and Conflict: Carp Culture in Lake Toba, Indonesia -- Fish, Pigs, Poultry, and Pandora's Box: Integrated Aquaculture and Human Influenza
