High land and construction costs hinder development of pond-based aquaculture in the United States. A partnership with navigation interests may reduce these constraints. The dredged material containment areas (DMCAs) operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are structurally similar to aquaculture ponds and typically are used only once every 3 to 10 years. With the Corps and navigational interests contributing to dike construction and land acquisition, the costs of aquaculture may be reduced while providing the Corps with the additional disposal areas needed to maintain our nation's waterways. The feasibility of DMCA aquaculture was examined under the Containment Area Aquaculture Program (CAAP), which was sponsored by the Operations, Construction, and Readiness Division, Directorate of Civil Works, Headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, in cooperation with the Construction-Operations Division of the U.S. Army Engineers Galveston District. The feasibility of DMCA aquaculture was demonstrated in 42 and 47 ha DMCAs near Brownsville, TX. Pumps, filters, and drainage structures were added to these DMCAs to accommodate aquaculture operations and a 1.6-ha nursery pond was constructed.


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    Title :

    Proceedings of the National Workshop on Containment Area Aquaculture Held in South Padre Island, Texas on 11-15 November 1991


    Publication date :

    1993


    Size :

    191 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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