A Q U A C U L T U R A L ENGINEERING

Aquacultural Engineering is concerned with the design and development of effective aquacultural
systems for marine and freshwater facilities. The journal aims to apply knowledge gained from bas,c 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 cu Itured 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 [o define them clearly in terms of systems engineering, quantifying the constraints, proposing solutions, implementing and detailing the design, and finally evaluating the outcome.

Editors
M R K, R. M U R R A Y Deoartment of Chemical and Process Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Chambers Street. Edinburgh EH1 1HX UK
DR J. COLT The Fish Factoryl PO Box 5000, Davis, California 95617, USA

Editorial B o a r d
H. A c k e f o r s Department of Zoology, Umverstty of Stockholm. Sweden J. K a t o h Department of Marine Environmental Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan T. B. L a w s o n Department of Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, USA J. M u i r Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, UK

J. G. Balchen The Norwegian Institute of Technology The University of Trondheim. Norway

N. R. 8 r o m a g e Department of Biolog~ca~Studies, University of Aston in Birmingham, UK

D, E. B r u n e Department of Agrtcultural Engmeenng, Clemson University, South Carolin~. USA

K. Chiba Fisheries Laboratory, Shizuoka-ken. Japan

J. P e t i t Institut National de la RechercheAgronomique, Rennes, France

H. R o s e n t h a l Biologische Anstalt Helgoland, Hamburg, FRG J. W a n g College of Tropical Agriculture, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA J. W i c k e n s MAFF Fisheries Experiment Station, Conway, Gwynedd, UK

H. Hirata Faculty of Fisheries. Kagosh=maUniversity, Japan J. E. H u g u e n i n Woods Hole Engineering Associates, inc., Massachusetts, USA