Solar Aquaculture: Perspectives in Renewable, Resource-Based Fish Production

摘要

A workshop conducted to review research in solar aquaculture performed at the New Alchemy Institute is described, and the development and synthesis of solar aquaculture at the Institute is discussed. The physical system of the ponds is explained, and attention is directed to the most successful fish species grown with the solar algae ponds, the blue tilapia, or Sarotheradon aureus. It is noted that algal populations could not be maintained beyond a certain temporal limit because solar pond activity beyond that limit is characterized by bacterial dominance and chemical transformations. The data collection effort is summarized and a computer simulation model of pond dynamics is provided.