Farming Methods
What are fish pens?
This commonly farmed fish is known as the "chicken of the sea."
What is Tilapia?
This is a negative impact in which the excess use of chemicals harm local aquatic ecosystems.
What is aquatic pollution?
The farming of a mollusk that naturally filters water, proving to be beneficial for the ecosystem.
What is oyster farming?
This fish is popular and available world-wide due to their adaptations to both salt and freshwater.
What is Salmon?
This is a negative environmental impact of aquaculture, when non-native species are introduced to local ecosystems for the purpose of farming, proving to be detrimental.
Aquaculture provides this many jobs anually.
What is over 55 million?
A method of water quality control in aquaculture in which water is reused and refiltered in a closed system.
What is a recirculating system?
This plant is used in everything from cosmetics to food, and is popular in Southeast Asia.
What is Kelp?
This is a positive environmental impact of aquaculture that helps reduce the pressure on populations of wild fish.
What is reducing overfishing?
Besides for leisure and food, this benefit has been seen in African aquaculture since the early 20th century.
What is preventing the spread of malaria? (eg. mosquitofish)
A rare method of fish farming that allows the fish to swim freely within a large space, accommodating for their natural swimming habits.
What is extensive aquaculture?
This type of fish is a highly sought-after delicacy in many parts of the world, being born only in the Sargasso Sea.
What are glass eels? (European eels)
The detrimental phenomenon in which over-fertilzation causes algae blooms that block sunlight from reaching the other flora.
What is eutrophication?
Due to its sustainable nature, these benefits can be seen from communication and collaboration of countries around the world.
What is developing new technologies and data? (eg. SDGs)
An efficient but often unethical method of farming fish in which conditions are often harsh; polluted water, small tanks, crowding and disease-prone.
What is intensive aquaculture?
This large and popular fish is almost always wild-caught, as it's natural instincts to travel hundreds of miles aren't well suited for captivity.
What is Bluefin Tuna?
A positive process that recirculates organic waste in a cost effective and environmentally conscious way.
What is nutrient recycling?