Aquaculture

What does it mean to "milk" a female sturgeon?

• massaging the eggs out of its body

• massaging the sperm out of its body

• squeezing the endocrine glands to get it to produce caviar

• squeezing the mammary glands to get it to produce milk

Why must farmed fish be monitored regularly for parasites?

• Parasites cause poor fish growth

• Parasites stress the fish and cause secondary infections

• Parasites compromise the quality of the fish

• All of these are true statements

What is aquaculture?

• The study of saltwater and freshwater organisms for use in medicine

• The breeding of land plants and animals to be used as fish feed

• The breeding, raising and harvesting of both fresh and saltwater organisms

• The manufacturing of aquatic organisms into feed and fertilizer

What is another term for aquaculture?

• Wild Raised Fish Research

• Fish Farming

• Fish Cell Research

• Water Grooming

Approximately what % of fish does the US import?

• 10%

• 45%

• 90%

• 100%

Which of these is NOT an environmental concern of farming fish?

• Introducing pesticides, herbicides and antibiotics into the environment

• Transferring disease from farmed fish to wild fish and vica versa

• Increasing waste in slow moving water

• Potentially introducing native fish into the wild

Aquatic vertebra with fins ex: salmon, catfish

• Fish

• Aquatic plants

• freshwater

• crustacean

Aquatic arthropods with modified appendages Ex: Lobster

• Fish

• Crustacean

• Shellfish

• Aquatic plants

Aquatic arthropods with modified appendages Ex: Lobster

• Fish

• Crustacean

• Shellfish

• Aquatic plants

Aquatic invertebrate with a shell Ex: oyster

• Fish

• Crustacean

• Shellfish

• Aquatic Plants