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| Title | Intensity of Freshwater Use for Aquaculture in Different Countries |
| Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
| Year of Publication | 2011 |
| Authors | Boyd, CE, Li, L |
| Editor | Liu, L, Fitzsimmons, K |
| Conference Name | Better Science, Better Fish, Better Life Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture (ISTA 9) |
| Pagination | 68 - 74 |
| Date Published | 2011 |
| Conference Location | Shanghai, China |
| Abstract | The intensity with which 172 countries use freshwater for aquaculture was estimated by dividing annual, freshwater aquaculture production (tonne/yr) by annual total natural renewable freshwater (km3/yr). The freshwater aquaculture production:renewable freshwater ratio (AFR) varied among countries from 0 to 15,000 tonne/km3. Country-level AFRs were assigned to AFR classes as follows: no freshwater aquaculture, 0 tonne/km3; low, < 100 tonne/km3; medium, 100-1,000 tonne/km3; high, > 1,000 tonne/km3. The number of countries in each AFR class follows: no freshwater aquaculture, 35; low, 80; medium, 45; high, 12. There seems to be adequate renewable freshwater to allow considerable expansion of freshwater aquaculture – especially outside of Asia. |
| URL | https://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ista/ISTA9/.../BoydFreshwaterDifferentCountries.docx |
| Notice of Publication Number | NOP 11-284 (English) |
