introduction Flashcards
(10 cards)
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