UNDERWATER FARMING

IMAGINE A FARM DESIGNED TO RESTORE RATHER THAN DEPLETE OUR OCEANS.

Aquafarming will be the grocery store of the future. It is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs, seaweed, oysters, shrimp and aquatic plants. Aqua-farming involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish. Broadly speaking, the relation of aquaculture to finfish and shellfish fisheries is analogous to the relation of agriculture to hunting and gathering. The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants and implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators. The reported output from global aqua-farming operations would supply one half of the fish and shellfish that is directly consumed by humans.

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