Small-scale aquaculture requires low-cost labor and doesn’t require much investment and effort once the ponds have been set up. – Patrick Dugan

 

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Discussion:

Purpose of Aquaculture

* Primary objective is to raise fish or aquatic life like shellfish, crawfish, or snails.

Benefits of Aquaculture

* Helps meet your fish demands with little impact (reduce over-fishing)

Drawbacks of Aquaculture

* Nutrient Pollution

a. Via fish gills, feces, unconsumed fish pellets

* Causes eutrophication

a. Definition: excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.

b. Reduces water quality

c. Causes excess plant growth and decay, certain species favored over others like choking aquatic vegetation