Source: WRAL TECHWIRE, 2/12/19

 New research finds that aquaculture, or fish farming, does not help conserve wild fisheries. “Our fundamental question with this study was: does fish farming conserve wild fish?” says Stefano Longo, an associate professor of sociology at North Carolina State University and first author of a paper on the work. “The answer is: not really.” To determine the impact of aquaculture efforts on traditional, or “capture” fisheries, Longo and his collaborators ...

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