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Citation: O'Connor, B. 1996 The impact of organic wastes from marine salmon in Ireland and a review of management techniques. In P.S. Giller & A.A. Myers (eds), , pp. 119-126. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin


Number of Pages: 8

Series Title: Disturbance and recovery in ecological systems

Keywords: Aquaculture, Benthos, Fauna, Fish, Impact, Management, Marine, Pisces, Salmon, Water column

Abstract: Paper describes the effects of organic wastes (derived from both uneaten food and faeces/excreta from farmed fish) generated from salmon farms on both the sea floor and the water column. Paper also describes a variety of techniques to manage these wastes and to reduce their impact.