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Environmental Impacts of Ocean Fishing & Fisheries
Fisheries may be responsible for providing food, employment, economic resources and livelihood for many people in the country but they may also be responsible for altering ecosystems and causing damage to the environment. If fisheries and fish farms do not operate...
Rooftop Fish Farms & Vegetable Gardens to Fight Global Hunger
Growing food in vertical gardens in multiple layers, in buildings and on rooftops is becoming popular today in many of the developed countries around the word. Countries such as Switzerland, Germany and China, particularly Hong Kong, have already made headlines around...
Urban Agriculture & Benefits of Growing Your Own Food
Food is one of the fundamentals of life, and millions of people around the world, including developed countries, are really starting to understand the importance of food. Hence, there is an increase trend towards urban gardening, urban farming, and growing food in the...
Start an Indoor Fish Farming Business from Home
If you are thinking about starting your own business from home, starting an indoor fish farming business could be a great way to get started, which doesn’t require a whole lot of money or resources. Growing your own food has many benefits, and you could integrate an...
Plight of the Salmon and Steelhead
Salmon and Steelheads are two of the oldest species of fish know to fishermen in the United States. They are commonly found in the waters of the Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans and in the surrounding coastal areas. Some species of salmon have also been introduced in...
Integrated Fish Farming & Benefits of Polyculture
Integrated fish farming is a process of farming where you produce fish in combination with other farm products and livestock, centered around the fish farm. The system links each of the involved sub-systems in it, such as fish, crops, and livestock, in such a way that...
Aquaponics – the Answer to the Global food Crisis
Food, one of the very basic necessities of life, is not always so readily available around the world. With the constant growth of the global population and scarcity of resources, it has become necessary to grow more food using processes that utilize all available...
Understanding the Chemical Factors of Water in Aquaculture
When selecting your farm site and understanding the water quality for your fish farm, it is important that you take the physical, chemical and biological factors of water into account. In our previous blog, we discussed some of the physical factors that influence the...
Aquaponics & Sustainable Agriculture to Stop World Hunger
There are millions of people around the world who don’t have enough food to support themselves or their family. World hunger is one of the biggest concerns of the human race as it progresses into the future. The global population will continue to rise and there will...
Understanding Water Quality for Aquaculture
We have been discussing the basics of aquaculture fish farming on our site. In our previous blog, titled Simple Aquaculture Methods – A Guide to Fish Farming we started giving you tips on how to start your own fish farm which could be a profitable way to generate a...
Simple Aquaculture Methods – A Guide to Fish Farming
We will be discussing the basics of aquaculture in this article, targeted basically for your home based or pond based small commercial farm. Many people are willing to start fish farming from their home, but are not sure how they would start or what they will need to...
Marketing Strategies for Your Aquaculture & Shrimp Farm
If you are a small farm owner, you are probably working hard in order to make your business successful and make a steady profit from your aquaculture and fish farm. You need to take some time out and think things through to successfully create marketing plans for your...
Processing, Storing & Marketing of Shrimp
Marketing your products is the essential complementary function of all food production systems. We talked about Freshwater Shrimp Farming – Harvesting, Storage & Economic Feasibility aspects of shrimp farming in our last blog. This week we will discuss the...
Freshwater Shrimp Farming – Harvesting Storage & Economic Feasibility
We have discussed how you can easily start a fresh water shrimp farm in your home-based farm or commercial farm, in our previous blog: How to Start Your Own Shrimp Farm. We have also covered some important aspects of water quality management, disease control and...
Freshwater Shrimp Farming- Managing Water Quality & Disease
In our previous blog, we talked about How to Start Your Own Shrimp Farm. In this blog, we are going to discuss how to manage your farm, control the quality of your pond water, and keep your farm free from disease and predators. In our later blogs, we will also cover...
Freshwater Shrimp Farming – How to Start Your Own Shrimp Farm
Raising and producing freshwater shrimp or prawns in your own aquaculture fish farm can be a profitable business. Freshwater shrimp farming is suitable mostly in the warmer climate, and is similar to marine shrimp farming in many ways because they share many of the...
5 Facts about Aquaculture & Farmed Fish That Everyone Should Know
The popularity of aquaculture is growing rapidly around the world. It is in fact one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture around the world today. You’d be surprised to know how popular fish is as a source of protein around the world. People rely on fish...
FDA Review of Genetically Modified Animals for Human Consumption
Most people associate Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s) with plants such as eggplant or corn, but there might be more genetically modified animals introduced into the market for human consumption. The field of genetic engineering has always been a promising and a...