Aquaculture

High school (ages 12+)
Environment & Earth

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/aquaculture

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name (example: pacific oyster)?Crassostrea gigas
2. What is the key innovation?Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) for water conservation and waste management
3. Why do we need fish farms?Fish farms help give people more seafood when wild fish are overfished or affected by climate change, and they provide jobs and money for coastal communities.
4. Where did fish farming start?The first fish farms were in China around 4000 BCE, where people grew carp in ponds, and other ancient cultures like the Romans and Egyptians also had simple fish farms.

Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS): A water treatment and reuse system that allows for intensive fish farming with minimal water exchange.
Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA): A system that cultivates multiple species from different trophic levels (e.g., fish, shellfish, plants) together.
Trophic Levels: The position an organism occupies in a food chain, indicating its feeding relationships.