Aquaculture

Question 1

How much % does aquaculture contribute to the total seafood supply?

Answer 1

45%

Question 2

What farm production does farmed fish exceed?

Answer 2

Beef

Question 3

What type of fish is farmed in Scotland, Norway & Chile?

Answer 3

Trout + Atlantic Salmon

Question 4

Atlantic Salmon life-cycle

Answer 4

Anadromous (Born in fresh, live in salt, spawn in fresh)
Farmed Salmon smolt to on growing harvest in sea pens

Question 5

What type of fish is farmed in Adriatic regions, Spain, Portugal, France + N. Africa?

Answer 5

Gilthead Sea Bream + Seabass

Question 6

What fish is known as the aquatic chicken?

Answer 6

Tilapia

Question 7

Describe RAS technology

Answer 7

Land-based aquaculture

Question 8

Where is the future of fish farming going to take place?

Answer 8

Ocean

Question 9

What are the key issues in aquaculture?

Answer 9

Limited availability of feishmeal from marine sources, Environmental impact of fish farming (phosphorous + nitrogen), Welfare of fish is of consumer interest, Traceability of production (farm to fork), Genetic engineering, Escape of farmed fish + breeding with wild fish stock

Question 10

What are the common infecion diseases?

Answer 10

Dropsy, White spot, Fish tapeworn, Bacterial, Protozoan viral, Fungal, Parasitic

Question 11

Upon clinical assessment, what would be a couse of concern?

Answer 11

Lethargy, Abnormal behaviour, Darkening skin, Pale gills, Distended abdomen, Exophthalmia, Petechial haemorrahges externally,

Question 12

What production diseases in fish are common?

Answer 12

Axial skeletal abnormalities, Lenticular cataracts, Jaw + Cranial deformity

Question 13

What are the alternative protein sources to fish meal?

Answer 13

Plant by-products, Animal by-products