Speaking at Aquaculture Europe 2011, Kilian Toledo Guedes from the University of Alicante looks at the effects escapees have on the environment and wild fish in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor, reports.
Despite consumers becoming more and more conscious about the environmental, cultural and economic repercussions of their food choice, Food and Water Watch says that the US government is pushing for and encouraging more factory farming in US oceans.
The availability of the required quantities of high value marine fin fish seed is the major prerequisite for the initiation and expansion of fin fish mariculture.