A review of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of platform-based open ocean aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 721-730

  Kaiser, Mark J ^a   Snyder, Brian ^a   Yu, Yunke ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS AND BENEFITS; GULF OF MEXICO; LEGAL ISSUES; LONG LASTING; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; OIL AND GAS; OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURES; OPEN OCEAN AQUACULTURE; OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS; RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES;

GAS INDUSTRY; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

AQUACULTURE;

AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY; AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MARICULTURE; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; OPEN OCEAN; RISK FACTOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051905773     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2011.07.005     Document Type: Review

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