ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Mariculture, Fish Meal, Wild Fisheries
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The farming of aquatic organisms in inland and coastal areas, involving intervention in the rearing process to enhance production and the individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated. Ex. intensive shrimp farming in baja, california. Tilapia is a warm water, fresh water fish farmed in a few locations in canada. The flesh is white, moist and mild-flavoured and, as such, versatile for cooking in a variety of menus. Aquaculture includes fish, molluscs, crustaceans, aquatic plants (567 species worldwide) Accounts for ~50% of all fish used for food. Fish makes up 17% of the global population"s intake of animal protein. Per capita fish consumption has doubled since 1960. Fish are used for many other non-food uses like fish food and fertilizer. Inland aquaculture is growing faster than marine (mostly in developing world) Increase in aquaculture is a response to declining wild fisheries: Most marine fish stocks are fully or overexploited. Intense rise in aquaculture production over capture production.
