Official journal of the Aquacultural Engineering Society (AES)

Aquacultural Engineering is concerned with the design and development of effective aquacultural systems for marine and freshwater facilities. The journal aims to apply the knowledge gained from basic research which potentially can be translated into commercial operations.

Problems of scale-up and application of research data involve many parameters, both physical and biological, making it difficult to anticipate the interaction between the unit processes and the cultured animals. Aquacultural Engineering aims to develop this bioengineering interface for aquaculture and welcomes contributions in the following areas:

– Engineering and design of aquaculture facilities
– Engineering-based research studies
– Construction experience and techniques
– In-service experience, commissioning, operation
– Materials selection and their uses
– Quantification of biological data and constraints



Style of presentation is flexible, but those papers dealing with specific problems should attempt to define them clearly in terms of systems engineering, quantifying the constraints, proposing solutions, implementing and detailing the design, and finally evaluating the outcome.

Original research papers (Regular Papers)
Review Articles
Short communications

Editors-in-Chief
J. van Rijn
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel Email J. van Rijn
S.G. Hall
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA Email S.G. Hall
Editorial Board
C. Balash
University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
A. Bergheim
Rogaland Research, Ullanhaug, Stavanger, Norway
J.P Blancheton
Institut Français pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), Palavas les Flots, France
A. Brinker
Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Aulendorf, Germany
C. Costa
Cons. p. la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Monterotondo Scalo - Roma, Italy
C. Drapcho
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
S. Fivelstad
Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway
D.W. Fredriksson
United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
A. Gross
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
T. Guerdat
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
M.T. Gutierrez-Wing
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
H. Junming
Huaqiao University, Xiamen, China
J.A. Lines
Silsoe Research Institute, Silsoe, Bedford, UK
G. Merino
Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Chile
J. Oca
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain
P.B Pedersen
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Hirtshals, Denmark
T.J. Pfeiffer
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
R.H. Piedrahita
University of California, Davis, Bodega Bay, California, USA
D.R Plew
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), Christchurch, New Zealand
M. Saroglia
Università degli Studi dell' Insubria, Varese, Italy
E. Schram
Wageningen IMARES, IJmuiden, Netherlands
C. Schulz
Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany
A.M. Schuur
Aquaculture Management Services, Pollock Pines, California, USA
D.L. Smith
CEERD-EP-W, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
D. Stechey
Canadian Aquaculture Systems, Inc, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
S. Summerfelt, PhD, PE
Superior Fresh LLC, Hixton, Wisconsin, USA
I. Tsukrov
University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, USA
M.C.J. Verdegem
Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen, Netherlands
R.C. Viadero
Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, USA
J. Vyzamal
Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
W. Wasielesky
Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, Brazil
D. Weaver
Scientific Hatcheries, Huntington Beach, California, USA
Y.P. Zhao
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
S. Zhu
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
B. Zion
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Bet Dagan, Israel