Overview of environmental and sustainability issues in aquaculture

Aquacultural development is giving rise to concerns about its environmental consequences and the sustainability of aquaculture. These concerns are likely to grow as the aquaculture sector expands in relative economic importance. This introductory article provides an overview of contributions in this issue of Aquaculture Economics and Management which address several of these important matters from economic and managerial points of view, and propose policies and procedures to respond to these concerns.