Net Pen and Open Pond Aquaculture Are Technologically Simple and Inexpensive

Essay

Net pen and open pond aquaculture are technologically simple and inexpensive to set up and operate. However, they pose some significant environmental challenges. For the following three challenges-displacement of native habitat, generation of large volumes of waste, and potential escape of non-native species-explain why they are a problem and how the challenge can be addressed to make net pen and open pond aquaculture systems more sustainable.