Christian Larbi Ayisi , Andrews Apraku

Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fishery Germplasm Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, Shanghai Ocean University, 999 Huchenghuan Road, Shanghai 201306, P.R China
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International Journal of Aquaculture, 2016, Vol. 6, No. 19   doi: 10.5376/ija.2016.06.0019
Received: 18 Jul., 2016    Accepted: 12 Sep., 2016    Published: 21 Oct., 2016

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Ayisi C.L., and Apraku A., 2016, The use of remote sensing and gis in aquaculture: recent advances and future opportunities, International Journal of Aquaculture, 6(19): 1-8 (doi: 10.5376/ija.2016.06.0019)

Aquaculture has been touted as one of the fastest growing food industries and is expected to grow further in the near future. As aquaculture production grows, there is the need for pragmatic practices to acquire reliable data in order to curtail the problems likely to affect production. Over the past decades, remote sensing has played a crucial role in planning, site selection and monitoring of aquaculture worldwide. This paper review recent advancements in application of remote-sensing (RS) and Geographic information system (GIS) in aquaculture and describes challenges and future opportunities for the use of these techniques in development of aquaculture. This review documents that using RS and GIS has a lot to offer aquaculture in the context of planning and monitoring aquaculture, choosing sites for the development of aquaculture as well as other unexploited areas such as disease control. It is evident that using these technologies would provide credible information and reduce the large number of samples required before making decisions.

Aquaculture; Opportunities; Remote sensing; Development; Production