Sustainable Fish Farming: Environmental Conservation, Quality Assurance and Control

Sustainable Fish Farming
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Introduction
In the last few decades, technology has proven to be one of the most influential elements of the century. Like the invention of the wheel, technology has brought on a revolutionary force that is reckoned across the world. Most of the world economies is now based on technology. Much of the production systems within most of the world economies are either fully or partially reliant on technology (Sustainable Fish Farming, 2007). It is for this reason that technology is the driving force behinds the world economy. One of the production areas that have been influenced by technology if farming, relative to equipment, seeds, farm operations and farming techniques aimed at getting the best yields and within the best practices possible. Food production is one of the most fundamental elements of the world systems. Without food, the economy would simply collapse. With the world population continuously rising at an exponential rate and the need for better food production systems are eminent. One area of farming that is also taking on the technology fair, though not as fast as other areas, is sustainable fish farming. As the food production systems face constant pressure to meet the demand for food and meat products, the world economies are turning to the sea, much like our ancestors.
Fishing
The elemental reliance on the seas and oceans for food goes back centuries, when humans learnt that they could harvest fish from the waters and supplement their diets. Fish are essentially rich in nutrients that are crucial for the health of human beings. It is for this reason that, fishing has been a crucial element of food provision for millions of people on the planet. The recent years have also seen a decline in the ocean species. This decline can be associated with a number of factors among them pollution, climate change and overfishing (Sustainable Fish Farming, 2007). As such, most of the factors that are associated with a decline in the sea animals are largely human in nature. Human interference in the ecosystems, have rendered the habitats deplorable, pushing some of the sea animals to adapt, while those that cannot, have been forced to extinction. The most worrying trend is that, the human interference has not been fully curtailed to make sure that no more sea animals go extinct, which means that there is still need for subtle mechanisms and measures. Aspects of farming fish have been around for quite some time as a way of providing for the every growing demand for fish and food in general. Sustainable fish farming, is thus a very crucial solution this menace that has gripped one of the world’s largest production systems.
Sustainable Fish Farming
The current fish farming practices, some of which are centuries old, pose a very subtle environmental risk. Sustainability is pegged on three main elements which are economic, sociological and environmental. This means that the sustainable aquaculture has to be aligned along these main elements (Regal Springs, 2015). One of the main elements of sustainable fishing that is crucial to the od production systems is the fact that, the population systems are constantly growing and the ability of the curr...