2026-07-01http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/406808This study provides strategic orientations and recommendations for Bank client countries and suggests approaches for the Bank's role in a rapidly changing industry with high economic potential. It identifies priorities and options for policy adjustments, catalytic investments, and entry points for the Bank and other investors to foster environmentally friendly, wealth-creating, and sustainable aquaculture. The objectives of the study are to inform and provide guidance on sustainable aquaculture to decision makers in the international development community and in client countries of international finance institutions. The study focuses on several critical issues and challenges: 1) Harnessing the contribution of aquaculture to economic development, including poverty alleviation and wealth creation, to employment and to food security and trade, particularly for least developed countries (LDCs); 2) Building environmentally sustainable aquaculture, including the role of aquaculture in the broader suite of environmental management measures; 3) Creating the enabling conditions for sustainable aquaculture, including the governance, policy, and regulatory frameworks, and identifying the roles of the public and private sectors; and 4) Developing and transferring human and institutional capacity in governance, technologies, and business models with special reference to the application of lessons from Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.application/pdftext/plainCC BY 3.0 IGOhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igoWorld BankACCESS TO CREDITACIARACID SOILSADBAGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONAGRICULTUREAGRICULTURE ORGANIZATIONAGRICULTURE RESEARCHANIMAL FEEDANIMAL HEALTHANIMAL PRODUCTIONANIMAL PROTEINAQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENTAQUACULTURE FACILITIESAQUACULTURE INDUSTRYAQUACULTURE PRODUCERSAQUACULTURE PRODUCTIONAQUACULTURE PRODUCTION SYSTEMSAQUACULTURE PRODUCTSAQUACULTURE SECTORAQUACULTURE SITESAQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGYAQUACULTURE WASTESAQUATIC ANIMALSAQUATIC FAUNAAQUATIC PLANTSAQUATIC SPECIESASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANKASSIMILATIVE CAPACITYATLANTIC SALMONAUDITSBIODIVERSITYBIOSAFETYBOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHYCANADIAN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCYCAPACITY BUILDINGCARBONCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARPCATFISHCGIARCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMANDCIDACLIMATE CHANGECOASTAL COMMUNITIESCOASTAL WATERSCOMMODITIESCONSUMPTION OF SEAFOODCOST SAVINGSDEVELOPED COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT BANKSDEVELOPMENT RESEARCHDIARRHETIC SHELLFISH POISONINGDIOXINSDISEASE CONTROLDISEASE OUTBREAKSDISEASE VECTORSDRINKING WATERECOLOGYECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTECONOMIES OF SCALEEFFLUENTSEMISSION REDUCTIONENDANGERED SPECIESENGINE OF GROWTHENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITSENVIRONMENTAL COSTSENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATIONENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTSENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONENVIRONMENTAL RISKEXTERNALITIESFAOFARM PRODUCTIONFARMING SYSTEMSFARMLANDFEEDFISHFISH BREEDINGFISH CAGESFISH CULTUREFISH DISEASESFISH FARMINGFISH FARMSFISH HEALTHFISH MEALFISH NUTRITIONFISH OILFISH OILSFISH PRICESFISH PRODUCTIONFISH PRODUCTSFISH STOCKSFISHERIES DEVELOPMENTFISHERIES MANAGEMENTFISHERIES SECTORFISHERYFISHERY PRODUCTIONFISHERY PRODUCTSFISHINGFISHING GROUNDSFISHPONDSFOOD CHAINFOOD INDUSTRYFOOD POLICY RESEARCHFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SAFETYFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLYFORESTSFRESHWATER FISHGENE BANKSGENETIC DIVERSITYGENETIC MATERIALGERMPLASMGOVERNMENT REGULATIONSGROWTH OF AQUACULTUREHAZARD ANALYSISHERBIVORESHUMAN NUTRITIONICLARMIDRCIFADIFPRIIMPORTSINCOMEINLAND FISHERIESINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTERINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTIRRIGATIONLAND USELEGISLATIONLIVESTOCKMANGROVEMARINE ECOSYSTEMSMARINE WATERSMEATMETALSMILKMILK PRODUCTSMOLLUSCSMUSSELMUSSELSNATIONAL RESEARCHNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCILNATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENTNATURAL RESOURCESNEGATIVE EXTERNALITIESNONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSOPPORTUNITY COSTSOYSTERSPADDY FIELDSPOLICY INSTRUMENTSPOLLUTIONPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION PROCESSESPRODUCTIVITYPROPERTY RIGHTSPUBLIC GOODPUBLIC GOODSQUARANTINEQUOTASRECYCLINGRESOURCE USERESOURCES MANAGEMENTRICERURAL DEVELOPMENTRURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESSALINIZATIONSALMON AQUACULTURESALMON FARMERSSALMON FARMSSALMON INDUSTRYSALMON PRODUCTIONSCALLOPSSEA BASSSEA BREAMSEA CUCUMBERSSEAFOODSEEDSSHELLFISHSHELLFISH INDUSTRYSHRIMPSHRIMP CULTURESHRIMP FARMINGSNAILSSPONGESSUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURESUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE FISHERIESSUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTTECHNOLOGY TRANSFERTHE CONSULTATIVE GROUPTILAPIATIMBERTRACEABILITYTROUTTUNAUNDPUNITED NATIONSUNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEUNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTURBANIZATIONUSAIDUSE OF DRUGSWASTE DISPOSALWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER POLLUTIONWATER QUALITYWATER RESOURCESWETLANDSWILD FISHWILD FISH STOCKSWILD FISHERIESWILD STOCKS