The increasing number of marketable fish being supplied from aquaculture is a response to the increasing demand for healthy
food and is filling the gap left by depleting natural fish stocks. Little is known about the awareness and perception of the
consumer in terms of farmed fish versus fish from capture fisheries. The consumer's subjective point of view is of overriding
importance for the production system and product acceptance as well as for future market success. In this paper consumer perception
in Belgium is explored and compared against scientific evidence of farmed versus wild fish. Primary data were collected through
a consumer survey (April 2003) and focus group discussions (May 2004) with Belgian consumers. The majority of the consumer
sample reported no perceived differences between farmed versus wild fish. However, mean perception scores were slightly in
favour of wild fish on the attributes taste, health and nutritious value, in particular among consumers aged 55 years and
older. The availability of farmed fish was perceived to be better than that of wild fish, while the consumer's perception
of safety did not differ between farmed and wild fish. The focus group discussions indicated that consumers’ opinions and
beliefs about farmed fish are mainly based on emotion and image transfer from intensive terrestrial livestock production rather
than on awareness and factual knowledge of aquaculture.
Aglime application can promote carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from acid soils. However, the controlling mechanisms are still poorly understood, particularly the role of fertiliser-ammonium oxidation. This study therefore assessed the effects of aglime on soil inorganic C (SIC)– and soil organic C (SOC)–derived CO2 emissions from acid soils amended with ammonium.
Materials and methods
Ammonium at three N rates [0% (A0), 0.005% (A1), and 0.2% (A2) w/w] and labelled aglime (Ca13CO3,13C 5.94% aa) at three rates [0% (L1), 0.067% (L1), and 0.392% (L2) w/w] were applied to two contrasting acid soils (Nariva series, Mollic Fluvaquents; and Piarco series, Typic Kanhaplaquults) and incubated in 1-l media bottles for 23 days. A calcareous soil (Princes Town series, Aquentic Eutrudepts, carbonate δ13C of ??4.79‰) was included as a control that only received ammonium at the three rates.
Results and discussion
The application of ammonium at the A2 rate significantly (p?<?0.05) increased cumulative SIC-CO2 emissions by 15.8 and 27.1% in comparison to the A0 rate for the Nariva and Piarco soils, respectively, when they were limed at the L2 rate. The lower rate of ammonium (A1), however, had no effect on these emissions, which suggests that enough acidity may not have been generated at this rate to significantly enhance the release of SIC-CO2. Furthermore, no effect of ammonium rates was observed on SIC-CO2 emissions from the calcareous soil, which refutes the hypothesis that this amendment plays a greater role in regulating these emissions from calcareous soils compared with acid soils. Also, in contradiction to another hypothesis, the aglime-induced priming effect on SOC decomposition was more apparent in the low-C Piarco soil. This effect was also significantly (p?<?0.05) greater at the L2 rate (above the lime requirement for Piarco), which demonstrates the negative impact that over-liming could have on the sequestration of C in this soil. Our results also showed that ammonium addition may also help to reduce the magnitude of the aglime-induced priming effect in the Piarco soil when it is not over-limed.
Conclusions
Overall, the findings of this study suggest that ammonium fertiliser broadcast at conventional rates may not serve as a significant regulator of SIC-CO2 emissions from highly to moderately acidic soils amended with aglime. Our findings also indicate a need to consider nitrogen management as an important factor regulating the effects of aglime on SOC-CO2 emissions.
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