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🐟 Fishing series: From the fishing rod to ultra-productive fish farms: Difference between revisions
🐟 Fishing series: From the fishing rod to ultra-productive fish farms (view source)
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Fish farms can fall into 3 categories: | Fish farms can fall into 3 categories: | ||
<u>Extensive farming:</u><br> | <ul> | ||
These farms make use of large natural ponds. Their production relies on natural cycles, although the fish may be fed | <li><u>Extensive farming:</u> 🚜<br> | ||
These farms make use of large natural ponds. Their production relies on natural cycles, although the fish may be additionaly fed with locally available crop waste. Very little or no processed feed is used. | |||
<u>Semi-intensive farming:</u><br> | </li> | ||
These farms | <li><u>Semi-intensive farming:</u> 🚜🚜<br> | ||
These farms often make use of natural patches of waters inland (lakes, inland seas etc…) but can also be located in a coastal marine environment. In these systems, natural productivity is enhanced thanks to fertilizers and industrial feed. The majority of Asian finfish aquaculture is produced thanks to these systems. | |||
<u>Intensive farming:</u><br> | </li> | ||
Intensive farming requires human-built ponds, often placed on land | <li><u>Intensive farming:</u> 🚜🚜🚜<br> | ||
Intensive farming requires human-built ponds, often digged or placed on land. These pools are maintained thanks to electric pumping systems.<br>The fish is exclusively fed with industrially produced feeds<ref>Pellets containing vegetable proteins, fish meal and fish oils</ref>. | |||
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== So what is Capture fishery? == | == So what is Capture fishery? == | ||