Aquaculture
From coraldigest
Aquaculture and Mariculture
Types of aquaculture
- 1/4 bivalves [1]
- 1/4 seaweed and algae [1]
- Largely produced for chemicals [1]
- 1/2 fish [1]
- salmon
- largest market value produced [1]
- shrimp
- salmon
Potential Mitigation of Over-fishing
- Collection of juvenile from wild or incubating in a hatchery
- Rate of replenishment needs to be sustainable for the ecosystem that the juveniles are collected from [2]
Impacts on Coral
- Current common fishing practice in Indo-Pacific if dropping cyanide in water to stun fish- having disastrous effects on coral [2]
- Coral reefs are used to provide an ecosystem for aquaculture farming. [3]
Problems
Pollution
- Increased pollution along coast from concentration of aquacultures [2]
GMO Salmon
- AquaBoutny Technologies has created a GMO salmon that grows twice as fast as normal salmon and twice as large [5]
- regulation issues
- fear of its escape into the wild
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Lucas, John. "aquaculture." Current biology : CB 25.22 (2015): R1064-5. Web.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pomeroy, Robert S., John E. Parks, and Cristina M. Balboa. "Farming the Reef: Is Aquaculture a Solution for Reducing Fishing Pressure on Coral Reefs?" Marine Policy 30.2 (2006): 111-30. Web.
- ↑ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "Fisheries." NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. US Department of Commerce, 13 July 2015. Web. 01 Mar. 2016. Web.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. "Aquaculture Within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park." Marine Pollution Bulletin 7.12 (2002): 10. Australian Government, 11 Apr. 2002. Web. 1 Apr. 2016. Web.
- ↑ Rack, Jessie. "Genetically Modified Salmon: Coming To a River Near You?" NPR The Salt (2015): Web