date:Jun 11, 2015
ar more scrutiny and criticism than terrestrial agriculture, according to the report, because land-based agriculture and livestock production has been in existence much longer and is more familiar. Environmental impacts of aquaculture from decades ago also seem to linger in peoples minds. Another source of stigma comes from within the seafood industry, with the commercial fisherman viewing aquaculture as competition. These stigmas can and should be debunked.
The impacts of aquaculture that were