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Aquaculture

What is aquaculture?

Aquaculture: main concepts and definitions

Aquaculture: Breeding of aquatic organisms, including fish, mollusks, crustaceans, and plants.

For example: concentrating fish populations, feeding them, or protecting them from predators. It involves ownership of the fish stocks that are being farmed and human intervention.

Aquaculture varies greatly depending on where it is carried out, from freshwater fish farming to shrimp farming in saltwater ponds.

However, most aquaculture is carried out for the production of low-consumption freshwater fish species in the food chain, such as tilapia or carp.

Fishing: obtaining three types of aquatic species: fish, crustaceans, and mollusks.

Food security: material and economic access for all members of the population at all times to sufficient safe and nutritious food.

Sustainable development: It is the management and conservation of natural resources, such as fish populations, in such a way that human needs are satisfied.

In the agricultural, forestry, and fishing sectors, sustainable development aims to conserve land and water without degrading the environment.

Oct232021 by Brigido LaGuardiaNo Comments
How to Make a Homemade Aquaponics and Grow Lettuce in Your Backyard

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Aquaculture, Aquaponics and Hydroponics
Growing lettuce at home with aquaponics is a great alternative. Currently, the demands of modern life, as well as the consequent lack of time, often make it difficult to find fresh products in markets to place on our table. Hence, more and more people are interested in growing their own food at home. But how to do this, if we do not have land to grow our vegetables? That is why it is a viable option to combine the cultivation of vegetables in hydroponics using water from fish farming as a nutrient medium; So this system known as aquaponics does not require large spaces and can be done at home in patios, garages, roofs, and even balconies. Imagine, being able to grow your own lettuce, tomatoes, or cucumbers on your balcony! Of course, starting an aquaponic culture at home req...
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