Safety Management in Fish Farming: Challenges and Further Trends
A special issue of Fishes (ISSN 2410-3888). This special issue belongs to the section "Fishery Economics, Policy, and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 452
Special Issue Editors
Interests: macrobrachium; IMTA; nutrient budgets; economics; alternative species; shrimp mariculture
Interests: fish nutrition; fish reproduction; fisheries management; aquaculture engineering; aquaculture and fisheries occupational safety and health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fish farming presents occupational safety risks dissimilar to those of traditional land agricultural activities given the added burden of managing water. Fish farmers are prone to accidents with machinery, electric shock, and injuries related to feeding, harvesting, handling fish, pond maintenance, harsh weather conditions, and work during night hours. Nevertheless, little information exists regarding current challenges and trends for managing safety in fish farming. I am pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Safety Management in Fish Farming: Challenges and Further Trends” in the Fishes journal. This special issue will have a broad scope. Suggested topics include (but not limited to): literature reviews of safety in fish farming, surveys (descriptions and quantities of injuries; common equipment and associated risks; presence and descriptions of risk mitigation protocols; emergency procedures; etc.), innovations that improve safety, and evaluations of implementing experimental risk mitigation protocols. Safety management can also be viewed through the context of biosecurity as when considering the universal goal of intensifying productions. Thus, topics may include original research and literature reviews related to biosecurity risks and their mitigation; fish health and therapeutic treatments; transportation; and inspection protocols of fish stocks.
Dr. Dallas L. Flickinger
Dr. Michael E. Barnes
Guest Editors
Dr. Moureen Matuha
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- fish farming
- safety
- risk
- protocols
- management
- mitigation
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