Techniques to assess fish productivity in aquaculture farms and small fisheries: An overview of algebraic methods

Abstract

The main goal of aquaculture and small fisheries is the bioaccumulation of chemical elements in edible tissue. Fish, shellfish, decapods and/or algae are commonly cultivated organisms in marine and freshwater aquaculture systems. Total biomass is the best indicator of production system performance. However, due to the high variation of technologies and methods used in aquaculture, special techniques are required to make thorough studies. The present study is a summary of algebraic fish biometric techniques to assess fish biomass production. Numerical computations were carried out for didactical purposes. © 2012 Asian Network for Scientific Information.