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Fungal Fish Diseases: Identification and Control Strategies in Aquaculture

Agric4profits

In most cases, fungi serve a valuable ecological function by processing dead… Read More » Fungal Fish Diseases: Identification and Control Strategies in Aquaculture Fungi are present everywhere in saltwater or freshwater, in cool or warm temperatures.

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The Role of Littoral and Pelagic Zone Dynamics in Agriculture and Aquaculture

Agric4profits

In this article, the different zones, their roles, and characteristics within these environments are discussed, providing essential knowledge for understanding their significance in agriculture and aquaculture.

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Meet the Modern Trout Farmer Using Gravity to His Advantange

Modern Farmer

It takes a stupid amount of labor to do it this way compared to big commercial aquaculture operations,” says Walker. There are a lot of small-scale trout producers in the US, but this is truly a diamond-in-the-rough situation,” says freshwater aquaculture researcher and current US Trout Farmers Association president Jesse Trushenski.

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Hope in the Water to Premiere on PBS Summer 2024

Food Tank

Through Hope in the Water we are on a mission to reimagine a planet where both ecological balance and food abundance are possible. The three-part series showcases blue food solutions and innovations around the globe to help feed the world and global waterways.

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The Future of Seaweed Farming in America

Civil Eats

but not for following up once those farms are established; the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which funds seaweed projects and education and tracks landings for fish and aquaculture, but not seaweed; USDA, which helps fund seaweed farms, on a limited basis, but doesn’t regulate them; and the U.S.

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Meet the Taro Farmer Restoring an Ecosystem Through Native Hawaiian Practices

Modern Farmer

mile rock-walled lagoon used for aquaculture. Its farming practices also help re-establish a vital ecological role: The irrigated ponds absorb floodwater and filter sediment flowing to the sea while the crops create wildlife habitat and curb invasive plant growth.

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What the Rapid Rise of Norway’s Farmed Salmon Industry Means For the Rest of the World

Civil Eats

” Woven together, the chapters create a disturbing narrative about open-water salmon farming and Norway’s outsized role in shaping today’s global aquaculture industry—including its deep involvement in setting up Chile’s industry. Sætre: There are some salmon branded as ecological. What did you learn?

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