Thread: Tuna farming -- Yep, RE here...

Another method of improving fishing is to set aside reserves where no fishing is allowed. Given fish that aren't too mobile relative to the size of the reserve, population within the reserve builds up, and after a bit spills over the edges to where the fishermen are. It is much easier to patrol an area than to enforce individual catches. This is what Hawaii is doing. So far, it isn't showing a lot of success. The advocates for this...

RE can help and I'm glad it's being used, but the real viability question is how to feed the tuna. If we're just taking from one source to give to another, what is the net gain?

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RE can help and I'm glad it's being used, but the real viability question is how to feed the tuna. If we're just taking from one source to give to another, what is the net gain? If it is what I read about elsewhere, the smaller food tune eat can get between the bars of the cage, while the tuna can't. Also, cheap food can be automatically fed to the tuna by devices on the cage. The basic problem seems to be that of the...