International Journal of Marine Science, 2025, Vol.15, No.6, 303-312 http://www.aquapublisher.com/index.php/ijms 303 Research Insight Open Access Health Management Techniques for Sustainable Marine Aquaculture Wenzhong Huang 1, Kaiwen Liang 2 1 Biomass Research Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resouces, Sanya, 572025, Hainan, China 2 Agri-Products Application Center, Hainan Institute of Tropical Agricultural Resouces, Sanya, 572025, Hainan, China Corresponding author: kaiwen.liang@hitar.org International Journal of Marine Science, 2025, Vol.15, No.6 doi: 10.5376/ijms.2025.15.0028 Received: 28 Sep., 2025 Accepted: 15 Nov., 2025 Published: 30 Nov., 2025 Copyright © 2025 Huang and Liang, This is an open access article published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Preferred citation for this article: Huang W.Z., and Liang K.W., 2025, Health management techniques for sustainable Marine aquaculture, International Journal of Marine Science, 15(6): 303-312 (doi: 10.5376/ijms.2025.15.0028) Abstract While Marine aquaculture meets the global demand for aquatic products, it also faces severe challenges in terms of ecological environment and disease risks. Health management technology, as the core of sustainable Marine aquaculture, can enhance the survival rate and disease resistance of farmed organisms through comprehensive measures such as environmental regulation, disease early warning, prevention and control, as well as nutritional and immune intervention, reduce the negative impact of aquaculture activities on the environment, and thus achieve the dual goals of stable and efficient production and ecological friendliness. This study systematically analyzed the factors influencing the health of farmed animals, introduced water quality monitoring and ecological regulation technologies, rapid diagnosis and early warning methods for diseases, as well as microecological strategies and nutritional immunization management approaches, and constructed a healthy farming model by taking white shrimp as an example. The practical results show that these health management strategies can significantly reduce the risk of major disease outbreaks and effectively increase the yield and quality of aquatic products. It can be seen from this that scientific health management provides strong support and valuable practical reference for the sustainable development of Marine aquaculture. Keywords Marine aquaculture; Environmental regulation; Disease early warning; Microecology; Nutritional immunity 1 Introduction In recent years, the development of Marine aquaculture seems to have become a global trend. In fact, it is not hard to understand: on the one hand, wild fishery resources have been declining over the years, and the catch in many sea areas has been difficult to return to the previous level; On the other hand, the demand for seafood has only increased and not decreased. Thus, aquaculture has naturally been pushed to the position of addressing the supply and demand gap (Reverter et al., 2020). This is particularly evident in Asia, where the aquaculture output of countries like China has consistently ranked among the top in the world. Nowadays, more than half of the aquatic products consumed by humans are farmed, which basically indicates that aquaculture has become the main supply. However, behind the continuous increase in output, there is no lack of cost - situations such as overly intensive aquaculture and improper selection of methods often cause problems such as water eutrophication, coastal ecological degradation, and disease spread, exerting pressure on both the Marine environment and the industry itself (Liu et al., 2024). When discussing sustainable development, people often think of technology or policy, but what is truly indispensable is actually health management. Only when the farmed fish and shrimp are healthy, with stable growth and reliable output, can economic benefits and food safety keep up. Conversely, if management fails to keep up, once a disease breaks out, the death toll is likely to increase in a short period of time, not only causing losses to farmers but also further polluting the environment due to improper disposal of corpses or frequent use of drugs (Schar et al., 2021). Compared with post-event compensation, scientific health management places more emphasis on early prevention and early control. This can not only reduce the dependence on drugs such as antibiotics, but also lower the ecological burden (Garlock et al., 2024). From the quality of aquatic products to consumer health and the long-term development of the industry, all these effects are irreplaceable.
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