The Blue Revolution
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- Created on: 21-05-13 09:13
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- Management: The Blue Revolution
- Zomba West, Malawi
- 1,200 affected helped, fish intake 150%
- Increased from 26,000 in 1970 to 700,000 in 1990
- Chambo and Mlamba fish being bred
- Retail value over £20 billion
- 85% of farmed shrimp production in Asia
- Fish provide locals with protein, increase life expectancy
- Large expansio led to degredarion and loss of natural resources
- Average farm lasts 2-5 days before serious pollution
- Overall, it is sustainable
- Salinisation of waterways ruins fishery and crop production
- 100,000 Mangrove trees lost in Thailand
- Manure from farm used as fertiliser in ponds, silt in ponds used as crop fertiliser, crops used to feed animals (intergrated agri/aqua culture)
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