Aquaculture Industry

What is the growing and harvesting of plants and animals that live in water?

• aquagrowing

• aquafarming

• aquaculture

• agriculture

What is production intensity?

• the range of temperature that the water is kept at

• the density of the aquacrop being produced

• the type of water system used

• the number of different species in a system

_____ requires no extra feeding or aeration.

• extensive aquaculture

• intensive aquaculture

• investment aquaculture

• intervention aquaculture

_________ uses high stocking rates.

• extensive aquaculture

• intensive aquaculture

• natural aquaculture

• artificial aquaculture

Which has a higher cost of production?

• aquaculture fish

• wild caught fish

• they are equal

What is monoculture?

• only 1 species is grown at a time

• more than 1 species is grown at a time

What is polyculture?

• only 1 species is grown at a time

• more than 1 species is grown at a time

The production of aquacrops in saltwater is called ____.

• aquasalinity

• oceangrowing

• salt culture

• marine aquaculture

A(n) ________ system is one in which the water is pumped in at one place and removed at another.

• open

• closed

A(n) _________ system is one in which no new water is added, necessitating the use of filtering and recycling to treat the water.

• open

• closed