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Keywords:
Recirculating aquaculture systems
RAS
Waste treatment
Waste production
Onsite treatment
Waste disposal
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Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are operated as outdoor or indoor systems. Due to the intensive
mode of sh production in many of these systems, waste treatment within the recirculating loop as well as
in the efuents of these systems is of primary concern. In outdoor RAS, such treatment is often achieved
within the recirculating loop. In these systems, extractive organisms, such as phototrophic organisms
and detritivores, are cultured in relatively large treatment compartments whereby a considerable part
of the waste produced by the primary organisms is converted in biomass. In indoor systems, capture of
solid waste and conversion of ammonia to nitrate by nitrication are usually the main treatment steps
within the recirculating loop. Waste reduction (as opposed to capture and conversion) is accomplished
in some freshwater and marine indoor RAS by incorporation of denitrication and sludge digestion. In
many RAS, whether operated as indoor or outdoor systems, efuent is treated before nal discharge.
Such efuent treatment may comprise devices for sludge thickening, sludge digestion as well as those for
inorganic phosphate and nitrogen removal. Whereas waste disposed from freshwater RAS may be treated
in regional waste treatment facilities or may be used for agricultural purposes in the form of fertilizer or
compost, treatment options for waste disposed from marine RAS are more limited. In the present review,
estimations of waste production as well as methods for waste reduction in the recirculating loop and
efuents of freshwater and marine RAS are presented. Emphasis is placed on those processes leading to
waste reduction rather than those used for waste capture and conversion.
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1. Introduction
Harmful effects attributed to aquaculture practices are of fore-
most concern to the industry and are subject to increased public
awareness (Sapkota et al., 2008; Subasinghe et al., 2009). Often,
these harmful effects are related to the environmental impact
of aquaculture activities, among those: (1) destruction of natural
sites such as wetlands and mangroves, (2) spread of diseases, (3)
decreasedbiodiversity of natural shpopulations by escape of non-
native sh species, and (4) pollution of ground and surface waters
by efuent discharge (Boyd, 2003).
Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), in which water is
recirculated between the culture and water treatment stages,
provide an answer to some of the above mentioned problems
since they enable sh production in relative isolation from the
surrounding environment. However, this advantage is not with-
out a price as many challenges face the production of sh in these
highly contained systems. In this respect, water quality control and
waste management are among the most critical of these challenges.
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