AquacultureAquaculture is an important source of food and contributes to national food securityFood security at large. It also contributes to meet the growing food demand of escalating and rapidly growing populationPopulation and addresses nutritional deficiencies. Being the most diversified food product in the world, aquaculture is the fastest growing food production system. However, scientific community has witnessed that the climate changeClimate change is a serious threat confronting the aquaculture sector in the world, specifically hot spots in theArid arid region, as a result of scarcity of the precipitation and elevation of sea surface temperature which have profound antagonistic effects on shrimp production. Shrimp farming practices in the arid region have indicated that changes in rainfall have caused a variety of changes in water availability. MoreoverRising temperature, rising temperaturesTemperature similarly has an adverse effect on water quality parameters affecting shrimp metabolic rate and its immunophysiological process, leading to increase the physiological stress and a decline in production, while also increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and mortality. In order to overcome these challenges, it is required to develop and apply sustainable indoor aquaculture technologies such as recirculating aquacultureAquaculture system (RAS) and bioflocBiofloc technology (BFT) to cope with unpredictable weather changes. These systems are based on shrimp production with limited water exchange resulting in reduced water usage, year-round production, higher yields, minimizing transmission of infectious diseases, great potential for integrated aquaponic farming, enhancing immunity, and lower feedFeed requirements. Above all, its advantage inArid arid environments is to minimize high evapotranspiration and temperature rise by blocking strong sunlight. This gives a superior opportunity in the short term to face the gradual climate changeClimate change, additionally could prepare the shrimp farming sector for rapid future climate change scenarios.

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Impact of Climate Change on Shrimp Farming in Arid Region Countries: Challenges, Opportunities and Threats

  • Sherain N. Al-Subiai

摘要

AquacultureAquaculture is an important source of food and contributes to national food securityFood security at large. It also contributes to meet the growing food demand of escalating and rapidly growing populationPopulation and addresses nutritional deficiencies. Being the most diversified food product in the world, aquaculture is the fastest growing food production system. However, scientific community has witnessed that the climate changeClimate change is a serious threat confronting the aquaculture sector in the world, specifically hot spots in theArid arid region, as a result of scarcity of the precipitation and elevation of sea surface temperature which have profound antagonistic effects on shrimp production. Shrimp farming practices in the arid region have indicated that changes in rainfall have caused a variety of changes in water availability. MoreoverRising temperature, rising temperaturesTemperature similarly has an adverse effect on water quality parameters affecting shrimp metabolic rate and its immunophysiological process, leading to increase the physiological stress and a decline in production, while also increasing the risk of disease outbreaks and mortality. In order to overcome these challenges, it is required to develop and apply sustainable indoor aquaculture technologies such as recirculating aquacultureAquaculture system (RAS) and bioflocBiofloc technology (BFT) to cope with unpredictable weather changes. These systems are based on shrimp production with limited water exchange resulting in reduced water usage, year-round production, higher yields, minimizing transmission of infectious diseases, great potential for integrated aquaponic farming, enhancing immunity, and lower feedFeed requirements. Above all, its advantage inArid arid environments is to minimize high evapotranspiration and temperature rise by blocking strong sunlight. This gives a superior opportunity in the short term to face the gradual climate changeClimate change, additionally could prepare the shrimp farming sector for rapid future climate change scenarios.