introduction Flashcards
what is the definition of aquaculture?
aquauculture is the farming of aquatic organisms with food prupose.
what is the annual growth of aquauculture per year? since 1970
8.7%
on the list of blobal most produced fish species is atlnatic salmon on which rank?
number 9 most produced fish
when was the first and second attempt in norway cultivate salmonid?
1st 1850
2nd 1910
since when are slomnids i norway cultivated in cages?
1970s
how much of the total production of atlatic salmon comes from norway?
63 %
what are potential ecological effect of finsfish aquauculture -
water column effects:
discharge of nutrient rich water –> primary prodiuction – >algae bloom
what are potential ecological effect of finsfish aquauculture -
localised seabed effects:
due to faeces, excretion uneaten fed:
- seabed enrichment with nutrienst and textural changes
- deoxygenation
what are potential ecological effect of finsfish aquauculture - wider ecological effects:
- genetic interaction with wild fish
- fish disease transfer
- sea birds, sea mammals
- parasites sea lice)
what are potential ecological effect of finsfish aquauculture -
macroecological effects:
fish -feed production: -sources and tranpsort
climate change :
-effect on the farmed population