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Microplastics in Aquaculture
Summary
This review examines how microplastic accumulation in water bodies threatens aquaculture by affecting fish and shellfish growth, reproduction, behavior, and survival, with marine bycatch used as fishmeal identified as a key pathway for microplastic entry into aquaculture feed systems. The authors assess the extent of microplastic invasion into commercial aquaculture operations and the implications for seafood safety.
Microplastics accumulation in waterbodies posing a serious threat to aquaculture. Effects on growth, reproduction, behavioural changes and mortality are some of the noticed factors which has been reported by many researchers worldwide. The success of commercial aquaculture totally depends on external feed input, with fish meal comprising a major ingredient of these feeds. It is evident that marine by catch, which is used as fish meal, is the biggest contributor of these microplastics which are entering into the aquaculture system without our knowledge. Now, microplastics have already invaded the aquaculture system. The short-term and long-term implications of these microplastics are yet to be established. The present review will iterate on the major entry of these microplastics in the aquaculture system and their potential implication.