AP Environmental Science / Unit 5: Land and Water Use
5.16 Aquaculture
Notes
Aquaculture farms fish and shellfish.
- Benefits: lots of food in small areas, less fuel, less pressure on wild fish.
- Drawbacks: concentrated waste, disease spreading to wild fish, escaped fish competing with wild populations.
Practice
A benefit of aquaculture:
Farmed instead of caught.
A risk of aquaculture:
Pens are crowded.
Aquaculture waste can cause:
Excess nutrients.
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