The article presents the environmental impacts of aquaculture and the ways to manage them. The environmental impacts include issues of recreation and aesthetics, and the usage of resources and discharge of nutrients and organic matter into the environment. Likewise, the results are also discussed, such as reduced production, disease outbreak in cultured and wild populations, and an increase of regulatory restrictions being placed on aquaculture operations.

The article discusses the development of milkfish aquaculture industry in the Philippines. The impact of milkfish aquaculture to the environment, the different farming techniques and its economic aspects are also discussed.