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Aquaponics and Aquaculture at UWM FF BBiinnkkoowwsskkii && DD GGaarrmmaann Problems and Opportunities USA trade deficit in seafood is  nniinnee bbiilllliioonn ddoollllaarrss  ($9,000,000,000) annually.   • Number 3 in impports – onlyy  automobiles and oil are more.    Global demand is expected to  ddoubblle bby 22003300. Wild fish stocks are declining Pond aquaculture requires  new technology CCoonnssuummppttiioonn • GGlloobbaall aavveerraaggee ffoorr ffiisshh ccoonnssuummppttiioonn iiss oovveerr 3300  pounds per capita.  Fish consumption in the U.S.  remains steady at 15.8 pounds per capita.  • The average American consumed   – 11.8 pounds of fresh and frozen finfish and shellfish,  – 3.7 pounds of canned seafood, primarily canned tuna, and  – 0.3 pounds of cured seafood, such as smoked salmon and  ddrriieedd ccoodd. AAqquuaaccuullttuurree aass aann iinndduussttrryy AAqquuaaccuullttuurree iiss tthhee ffaasstteesstt  growing food‐producing  industry in the world  • average annual growth  rate of 8.7% per year • three times higher than  terrestrial farm meat  Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Idaho; M. Powell, Ph.D.,  Associate Professo PPoonndd AAqquuaaccuullttuurree IIssssuueess • LLooww iinntteennssiittyy • Risk of contamination • EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall ccoonnttrroollss • Low margins •• FFoooodd ssoouurrcceess • Food safety FDA issues •• WWiilldd eessccaappeess IImmppoorrttss Over 5.5 billion pounds of  seaffoodd iimportts ((22001100))  – China, Thailand, Canada,  IInnddoonneessiiaa,, VViieettnnaamm,, aanndd  Ecuador (rank order by  volume)   – Thhe tradde ddefficit, allreaddy  at 86%, continues to  ggrow, due pprimarilyy to  cost advantages in Asia. Fish species imports Two of the top ten seafood  items consumed in America  are freshwater fin‐fish:   Tilapia (#4) and Pangasius or  Vietnamese Catfish (#6).    Paul Greenberg, Four Fish: The Future of  the Last Wild Food (Penguin, USA, 2010)  National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA,  US Dept of Commerce: Fishwatch  U.S.  Seafood Facts:  hhttttpp::////wwwwww.nnmmffss.nnooaaaa.ggoovv//ffiisshhwwaattcchh//ttrraadd e_and_aquaculture.htm National Fisheries Institute, McLean, VA;  2010 list;  http://www.aboutseafood.com/about/abo ut‐seafood Production Challenges • Major challenges in fin‐fish aquaculture (e.g. salmon,  sea bass, tilapia, trout, etc.) are year round breeding  stock, feed sources, conversion ratios, and disease  management. • EEven whhen tthhese ellementts are successffulllly  addressed, marketing and profitability strategies can  uullttiimmaatteellyy bbee aass iimmppoorrttaanntt.   • Increasing pressures – fish food; pollution controls;  cclliimmaattee vvaarriiaabbiilliittyy;; ffoooodd rreegguullaattiioonnss;; ffoooodd ddiissttrriibbuuttoorr  preferences Urban Aquaculture may represent an untapppped ggroupp of ppeopple with interests, resources, financial support, the abilityy to build a largge-scale aquaculture industry, and produce a pproduct that is in demand,, esppeciallyy in the urban area.

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Aquaponics and Aquaculture at UWM. F Binkowski Small Scale Aquaponics. Plants in The School of Freshwater Sciences Great Lakes. Research
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