Aquaculture

increase the access of natural resource for rural sustenance as well as advance economic and social justice (Stonich, 1996). Some of these efforts were financed by the Inter-American Foundation for sustainable development projects that incorporates aquaculture, salt-making, and agriculture (Stonich, 1996). Moreover, social factors and their relationship with the environment can be analyzed by conceptual frameworks, such as, the “chain of…

The six factors summarized by HIPPCO include habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation; invasive species; population growth and increasing use of resources; pollution; climate change; and overexploitation. All these factors summarized by HIPPCO may be applied to whales to describe how their populations have been affected and will be affected in the future. Quite simply, the whale populations have been decimated by human activity and environmental catastrophes that have ultimately…

research outcomes and commercialize it. The incorporation of the mealworms in on-farm feed preparation is most likely justified especially the production of the mealworms could be achieved on small farm level. Away from its possible use in pet or aquaculture systems, Tenebrio molitor is being used as a model organism in biology laboratories for biology, biochemistry, evolution, immunology, and physiology. This is based on their relatively large size as well as the ease in their production and…

Ocean acidification is described by many scientists as a consequence of rapid increase of carbon dioxide absorbed into the ocean. As ocean acidity increases, its capacity to absorb CO2 from the atmosphere decreases. This decreases the ocean 's role in moderating climate change, "they write (Cullinane.1). As serious as this may seem several damaging effects are happening to the oceans as we speak. The most important creatures in the ocean’s ecosystem like coral are being depleted and…

Today in America we have many exotic species that are introduced into our environment. Some of these species have been introduced on purpose and others by mistake. Other species are introduced into our ecosystem to help control a pest and others are introduced because they make good game to hunt or fish. Species that are considered to be an invasive species are labeled that because they have potential to harm and can spread aggressively. Invasive species can come around in a multitude of…

Societal Influences of Salmon Consumption Ariette Hung 500569269 Ryerson University SOC 808-021 Mustafa Koc Societal Influences of Salmon Consumption The purpose of this paper is to examine the popularity of salmon and how the healthy eating food discourse plays an integral role as societal influences in shaping it as a food choice. As my heart disease and high blood pressure run in my family, I grew up in a household that ate healthy food and many of those meals were salmon – prepared steamed…

and Dr. Sarah Parcak both explore and improve the world by making discoveries using geography and technology. Using technology, Dr. Murray figured out that human waste can be looked at as a chemical fertilizer. She creates a system of ponds in aquaculture farms that human waste fertilizes. Murray has designed this system to run smoothly as “hazardous chemicals are filtered out in the first series of ponds… [and] by the final ponds, the water is full of nutrients that allow [organisms] to…

Literature Review of Class Bivalves 1. Introduction Freshwater and marine bivalves Taxonomy, ecological value, economical value, current Issues, current threats 2. Taxonomy According to Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, the Bivalves class was divided into six subclasses which cover 13 orders. The first subclass, Palaeotaxodonta, have characteristics such as small body, taxodont, protobranch, infaunal and aragonitic shells. This subclass has only one order, Nuculoida. In the second…

“If you’re comfortable, you’re not growing.” This was the response that I gave, when asked to provide my favorite quote for college graduation. I decided to live by this, when moving from Arkansas to Pennsylvania to attend college. It was a major risk considering that I knew no one, but I craved a different atmosphere. My goal of being the first college graduate in my family led me to make such risk-taking decision. Being exposed to different cultures, natural environments, and challenging…

As the human population continues to grow, farmers have adapted their practices to keep up with the increasing demand for food. While farmers have managed to supply the market with enough food, increased production has opened the doors to nutrient depletion of soils, contaminated groundwater, higher farming costs, and commercialized farms that are designed to turn out large quantities of single crops. With so many issues affecting the market and the future of agriculture, some farmers are…