Courtesy of Mashable.com:
June marks World Oceans Month, a time to learn and share what is important about the huge swathes of the world that the oceans cover. Making up more than 90% of the habitable space on the planet and home to a majority of Earth’s life, the importance of our oceans cannot be overstated.
In President Barack Obama’s statement on the U.S.’s own National Oceans Month, he stated a need to “[ensure] the long-term health, resilience, and productivity of our marine environments.” Included in that commitment was the protection and continued “sustainability of our world’s fisheries.”
Aquaculture, the raising of seafood and other marine life in controlled aquatic environments, has become more widespread in past decades as overfishing has depleted wild fish stocks. From small seaweed and kelp operations in Japan and China, to the dizzying mosaic of oyster beds in France, here is a look at how humans are using, and altering their environment to feed the world.
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