Global Oceans Team, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America.
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States of America.
PLoS One. 2019 Oct 9;14(10):e0222282. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222282. eCollection 2019.
Aquaculture of bivalve shellfish and seaweed represents a global opportunity to simultaneously advance coastal ecosystem recovery and provide substantive benefits to humanity. To identify marine ecoregions with the greatest potential for development of shellfish and seaweed aquaculture to meet this opportunity, we conducted a global spatial analysis using key environmental (e.g., nutrient pollution status), socioeconomic (e.g., governance quality), and human health factors (e.g., wastewater treatment prevalence). We identify a substantial opportunity for strategic sector development, with the highest opportunity marine ecoregions for shellfish aquaculture centered on Oceania, North America, and portions of Asia, and the highest opportunity for seaweed aquaculture distributed throughout Europe, Asia, Oceania, and North and South America. This study provides insights into specific areas where governments, international development organizations, and investors should prioritize new efforts to drive changes in public policy, capacity-building, and business planning to realize the ecosystem and societal benefits of shellfish and seaweed aquaculture.
贝类和海藻的水产养殖为同时推进沿海生态系统恢复和为人类提供实质性利益提供了全球机会。为了确定在贝类和海藻水产养殖方面具有最大发展潜力的海洋生态区，以抓住这一机会，我们利用关键环境（如营养污染状况）、社会经济（如治理质量）和人类健康因素（如污水处理普及率）进行了全球空间分析。我们发现了一个具有战略意义的部门发展的巨大机会，贝类水产养殖机会最高的海洋生态区集中在大洋洲、北美洲和亚洲部分地区，而海藻水产养殖机会最高的地区分布在欧洲、亚洲、大洋洲以及北美洲和南美洲。本研究为政府、国际发展组织和投资者提供了具体的见解，应优先在这些地区开展新的工作，推动公共政策、能力建设和商业规划的变革，以实现贝类和海藻水产养殖的生态和社会效益。
