Zero-Waste Technologies in Aquaculture - Global Perspectives and Methods toward a Circular Economy

Zero-Waste Technologies in Aquaculture: Global Perspectives and Methods toward a Circular Economy addresses the crucial aspects of waste management, available strategies for attaining a circular economy, and novel technologies to improve the sustainability of the aquaculture industry. As global demand for fish and fish products grows, commercial aquaculture operations must optimize resource utilization and reduce environmental impacts to ensure sustainable scaleup. This book discusses promising technologies like biofloc, aquaponics, recirculating aquaculture systems, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, microbial fermentation, insect-mediated bioconversion, and algal-based waste utilization. Written and edited by a diverse team of experts, Zero-Waste Technologies in Aquaculture bridges disciplines in aquaculture, biology, and environmental engineering. It opens by addressing the recent history, significance, and challenges of global aquaculture expansion to provide context for these diverse audiences. Subsequent chapters explore proven, novel, and emerging technologies for wastewater treatment, solid waste recovery and valorization, and sustainable, environmentally conscious system scaleup. This is an essential read for aquaculturists, aquatic biologists, environmental scientists, and those interested in the economics of fish production.

List of contents

1. Global aquaculture growth: Challenges and key reforms
2. Aquaculture wastewater treatment technologies: Updates on recent system advancements
3. Recirculation and recycling: Innovations in hybrid recirculatory aquaculture systems
4. Trapping nutrients through constructed wetlands
5. Aquaponic models as unique urban aquaculture setups
6. Effluent-derived nutrient uptake through an algaquaculture concept
7. Integrated technological developments in aquaculture systems
8. Seeking global solutions through valorization of solid waste for insect meal production
9. Microbiome-oriented clean water technology
10. Bioremediation of shrimp biofloc wastewater through co-culture of clams, seaweed, and fish
11. Microbial fermentation and resource recovery from biowaste
12. Biofloc technology as an advanced zero-waste and water efficient practice
13. Novel microbial biotechnology approaches for waste recovery and use in aquaculture
14. Industrial waste utilization in aquaculture
15. Aquamimicry: Concept and application for sustainable aquaculture
16. FLOCponics as a sustainable and environmentally friendly system
17. IMTA as a sustainable and environmentally friendly system
18. Novel nutraceuticals from waste resources: Looking beyond the aqua-industry
19. Zero waste from fiber crops
20. Utilization of agro-industrial waste in ornamental fish culture
21. Nutritional interventions in a bio-based circular economy
22. Introducing insects into a circular-based economy in aquaculture
23. Novel flocculants from waste derivatives: A way to improve biofloc systems functioning

About the author

Dr. Soibam Khogen Singh is Senior Scientist and Head of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra under the ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region. He obtained his MSc and PhD in Aquaculture and specializes in biofloc technology, fish feed, and fish immunology.Dr. D. K. Meena is a Senior Scientist working at ICAR-Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore, Kolkata, India. Dr. Meena has in his credit more than 60 international, 10 national peer reviewed articles, 25 book chapters, more than 50 popular articles. In addition, he is a member of the Editorial board of Research Biotica, Review Editor of Frontiers in Aquatic Physiology, and Section Editorof the World Journal of Food Science and Technology. Dr. Meena received the Young Scientist Award from the Academy of Environmental Biology, Fellow of Environmental Biology, Fellow of Fisheries and Life Sciences, best Presentation awards in international and national forums. He has worked for more than 10 years on conversion of waste to wealth and his work has been published in high impact journals. He has also commercialized brewery waste-based fish feed, and is currently developing silkworm pupae waste-based fish feed.Dr. Mohammad Hossein Khanjani is Associate Professor in the University of Jiroft’s Department of Fisheries. He obtained his MSc in Natural Resource Engineering and his PhD in Aquaculture. His research interests include novel aquaculture technologies, including biofloc technology, integrated multitrophic aquaculture, and recirculating aquaculture systems. His primary area of research is biofloc technology for sustainable shrimp farming.
Dr. Moslem Sharifinia is Head of the Iran Shrimp Research Center’s Department of Marine Ecology. He obtained his MSc in Aquatic Ecology and his PhD in Marine Biology. His research interests include shrimp nutrition, physiology, and immunology; sustainable aquaculture; biofloc technology; and marine pollutants. He has extensive experience studying plankton and benthic organisms in aquaculture, focusing on biofloc technology and shrimp nutrition.

Product details

• Assisted by: Dharmendra Kumar Meena (Editor), Mohammad Hossein Khanjani (Editor), Moslem Sharifinia (Editor), Soibam Khogen Singh (Editor)
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.01.2026
• EAN: 9780443346897
• ISBN: 978-0-443-34689-7
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Fisheries & Aquaculture, Aquaculture & Fish-Farming: Practice & Techniques, Aquaculture and fish-farming