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Abstract
Aquaculture is expanding and developing in practically all the regions of the world. The
demand of the world-wide population by aquatic products is increasing, whereas the
production from capture of fisheries has been being reduced, reaching many of them their
maximum productive potential. As result of, sustaining fish supplies from capture fisheries it
will not be possible to meet the growing global demand for aquatic food. Therefore, the
aquaculture seems to have the potential to make a significant contribution to the production of
these foods, in order to meet the growing population demand. Nevertheless, in order to
accomplish it, the producer faces critical challenges. The development of these activities
intensifies substantially, and requires to be diversified, producing new species and creating
new systems and practices of production. The production systems of aquatic animals,
particularly those based on technologies of water recirculation, appears to be an excellent
alternative for producing, in regions of the North of Mexico, in where the water is scarce.