Species
species of fish that originated in Africa and grow quickly
What is tilapia?
AKA flow-through
What is a raceway?
Contines little to not salt
What is fresh water?
farming of fish and other aquatic animals
What is aquaculture?
Newly hatched fish
What is a fry?
This speciies of fish is sunfish and is well adapted to various climates
What is bluegill?
This system involves running water down a long, narrow strip
What is a raceway/flow-through?
Contains at least 1.65% of salt
What is salt water?
Produces both fish and vegetation
What is aquaponics?
Process of fish depositing eggs or live fry
What is spawning?
This species of fish originated in Australia and do well in indoor and outdoor systems
What is yellow perch?
This type of system is man made and is drained when fish are ready for harvest
What is a pond?
Water drawn up by wells from underground aquifers
What is well water?
Means raised in water
What is aquatic?
Place where eggs are incubated and hatched by artificial means
What is a hatchery?
Small, bottom dwelling crustacean
What is a shrimp?
This type of system is the most complex and involves a lot of materials.
What is recirculating?
water that comes from natural opening in the earth
What is spring water?
Animal with a backbone
What is vertebrae?
Bony flap that cover gill openings on fish
What is the operculum?
What is a lobster?
a man-made machine where the bacteria are added to a recirculating system
What is a biofilter?
Water from rain that is not absorbed by the soil
What is surface run off?
Commercially produced water crop
What is aquacrop?
Net hung vertically in the ponds to harvest fish
What is a seine?