Increasing aquaculture production can relieve wild fish stocks; however this positive effect will probably be overwhelmed by a greater demand and technological progress in the fishing industry — both increasing the fishing pressure on wild stocks.
Not exact matches
Automated offshore
aquaculture systems to
increase fish
production and reduce pressure on wild fish stocks.
Production of animals used for food is
increasing, and
aquaculture is growing faster than other types of food animal operations.
Under present conditions
aquaculture production would have to
increase by 15 to 24 percent in order to sustain stocks — an unrealistically high amount from the point of view of the researchers.
The two primary types of
aquaculture include extensive
aquaculture where the chemical composition of ponds is altered so as to
increase the
production of phytoplankton and...
Globally, marine fisheries
production is expected to remain about the same; high - latitude freshwater and
aquaculture production are likely to
increase, assuming that natural climate variability and the structure and strength of ocean currents remain about the same.