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What would a farmer do on an
aquaculture farm? Discuss some of the needs of aquatic organisms.
For example, a fish farmer will have to feed the fish, ensure the water is
clean, make sure the fish don’t get too cold or hot, keep predatory animals
(birds, turtles, alligators) away. The farmer would also have to
harvest fish, find a buyer for the product and spawn fish for future crops.
Discuss producers and
consumers. Give a few examples in traditional farming (e.g., dairy
farmers produce cows which give milk and milk drinkers are the consumers of
that product). See if your students can think of examples from
aquaculture (e.g., alligator farmers are producers and someone who purchases
alligator leather boots is the consumer, catfish farmers are producers and
people buying a catfish dinner at a seafood restaurant are consumers).
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