Aquaculture and Its Damage to Mother Earth
Aquaculture is the science of cultivating aquatic organisms in a controlled marine or freshwater environment. Aquaculture began eons ago with the ancient Greeks, but it wasn’t until the 1980s that the practise finally began to rapidly expand. Aquaculture farms take on a variety of forms that include massive tanks, freshwater ponds, and shallow and/or deep water marine environments. Today the farming and harvesting fish is a multi-million dollar business. The most popular marine species farmed are bivalves (like oysters), clams and mussels. Also very popular are crustaceans like crayfish, lobsters, and shrimp. Popular fish are cat fish, salmon, trout, and tilapia.