Risk Management in Aquaculture

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production sectors. Aquaculture faces risks similar to those of the agriculture sector, however given the complexity of aquaculture in terms of species, environments, and systems the hazards and risks are higher than the crop sector. This FARMD Featured Topic brings together a selection of resources and authors working in the aquaculture sector to address some of these risks and highlight some of the available risk management options. 

The contribution of remote sensing tools to risk management in aquaculture

Marco Pieterse (BlueLeg Monitor), Steef Peters (Water Insight), Daniel Fairweather (Willis Aquaculture Insurance Brokerage), Mark Vos (Crawford & Company)

Aquaculture is a high risk sector. The industry’s growth has resulted in a concentration of production in key areas, with large loss events a feature of the sector. Insurance, where offered, tends to be expensive and the risk carried by the farmer is significant. New tools available to the farmer and risk professional enable better risk management and facilitate better management practices, codes of conduct, traceability and standard operational procedures. Being able to identify, monitor, and define risk enables the farmer to better control risks facing his operation and can result in reduced insurance premiums and wider coverage. This paper presents the use of innovative remote sensing tools for monitoring specific risks related to Harmful Algal Blooms. >>Read More

All Aquaculture Risk Management Articles

	Aquaculture and Risk: a development perspective. Malcolm Beveridge, Michael Phillips and Wayne Rogers, WorldFish
	Risk Management for Aquaculture through GLOBALG.A.P. Certification, Valeska Weymann, GLOBALG.A.P. Standard Manager Aquaculture
	Reducing Risks and Maximizing Benefits of Aquaculture – NACA’s Role, CV Mohan, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asis Pacific (NACA) Bangkok, Thailand
	Current actions and strategies in tropical Latin America for prevention of infectious disease risks in aquaculture, Eric Mialhe, PhD, Docteur d’Etat | Scientific director of Concepto azul (Ecuador-Brasil) and Incabiotec (Perú)
	Disease Management in Aquaculture, Mimako Kobayashi and Randall Brummett, Senior Aquaculture Specialist at The World Bank
	The Evolution of Risk Management in Aquaculture: The Case of Insurance, Duncan Perrin, Risk Management Surveyor & Survey Coordinator at Sunderland Marine Mutual Insurance Company Limited
	Risk Management for Smallholders in Aquaculture: The Work of Aquaculture without Frontiers, Roy Palmer, Executive Director, Aquaculture without Borders and Dave Conley, Senior Consultant and Founding Partner of the Aquaculture Communications Group (ACG)
	Risk Management in Aquaculture: Case Study of Haiti, Valentin Abe, Ph.D.  Executive Director, Caribbean Harvest Foundation.  Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
	The contribution of remote sensing tools for risk management in aquaculture, Marco Pieterse (BlueLeg Monitor), Steef Peters (Water Insight), Daniel Fairweather (Willis Aquaculture Insurance Brokerage), Mark Vos (Crawford & Company)

Hear from a Female Aquaculture Farmer in Thailand

My Personal Experience as a Burmese Woman Farmer and Entrepreneur in the Aquaculture Industry in Thailand | May Myat Noe Lwin with Dave Conley

FARMD Video Interview

Featured Organizations

• Sustaining Ethical Aquaculture Trade (SEAT)
• AquacultureHub
• Aquafish CRSP
• Globe Fish
• Sustainable Aquaculture Initiative 
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
• FAO aquaculture information products
• SARNISSA
• IntraFish

Additional Resources:

• ATOLL (online aquaculture training)
• Tilapia Farming Business – Raising Tilapia Fish To Make Money
• Aquaculture Compendium (CABI)
• Aquaculture Risk Management Conference (April 2013)

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