Joe Masabni, a vegetable extension specialist and professor at Texas A&M, visited Utah State University on Oct. 17 to present his latest findings on recycling fish waste and turning it into a sustainable source of natural fertilizer.
Aquaponics is a combination of hydroponics and aquaculture. It involves farming fish waste and supplying it to plants as a source of nutrients, creating a soilless farming technique and a sustainable recirculating system.
"Fish waste is considered a contaminant," Masabni said. "Fish growers, or what I call culture operations, want to make sure that none of that waste gets into rivers or lakes."
Aquaponics utilizes fish effluent as a resource rather than treating it as a contaminant.
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