Environmental management reform for sustainable farming, fisheries and aquaculture: state of the art review

Abstract

The aim of AquAgriS project is to coordinate research on environmental management reform to improve environmental, industrial and economic sustainability in the farming,fisheries and aquaculture (FFA) industries. In this project, "farming" refers to the breeding and raising of terrestrial animals and cultivation of plants; "fisheries" refers to the industrial capture of wild aquatic species; and "aquaculture" refers to the commercial culture of aquatic animals and plants. A major environmental concern is an increase in wastes produced because of FFA activities, which nececitate an explicit management of these wastes for sustainability (Greenpeace, 2008)