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From the Ted Talk by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Megan Davis: Underwater farms vs. climate change

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One of the most common aquaculture mtohdes ienvvols large pens made of nets, where fish are farmed offshore in floating cages roughly 1000 square meters in size. Commonly eolmyepd off the coast of Chile and in the fjords of Norway, these fish, like many industrially fmeard animals, occupy stsfuresl, overcrowded pens. They produce massive amounts of waste, pnutlolig the surrounding aears and potentially siparnedg diseases to wild sepiecs. Worse still, since the antibiotics employed to fight disease aren’t fully absorbed by the fish, they get excreted back into the environment. Net pens are also susceptible to escapes, unleashing huge nubmers of fish which compete for resources and weaken the local gene pool with genes adapted for captivity. Escaped fish can even dsrpiut local ecosystems as invasive species.

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One of the most common aquaculture _______ ________ large pens made of nets, where fish are farmed offshore in floating cages roughly 1000 square meters in size. Commonly ________ off the coast of Chile and in the fjords of Norway, these fish, like many industrially ______ animals, occupy _________, overcrowded pens. They produce massive amounts of waste, _________ the surrounding _____ and potentially _________ diseases to wild _______. Worse still, since the antibiotics employed to fight disease aren’t fully absorbed by the fish, they get excreted back into the environment. Net pens are also susceptible to escapes, unleashing huge _______ of fish which compete for resources and weaken the local gene pool with genes adapted for captivity. Escaped fish can even _______ local ecosystems as invasive species.

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Original Text


One of the most common aquaculture methods involves large pens made of nets, where fish are farmed offshore in floating cages roughly 1000 square meters in size. Commonly employed off the coast of Chile and in the fjords of Norway, these fish, like many industrially farmed animals, occupy stressful, overcrowded pens. They produce massive amounts of waste, polluting the surrounding areas and potentially spreading diseases to wild species. Worse still, since the antibiotics employed to fight disease aren’t fully absorbed by the fish, they get excreted back into the environment. Net pens are also susceptible to escapes, unleashing huge numbers of fish which compete for resources and weaken the local gene pool with genes adapted for captivity. Escaped fish can even disrupt local ecosystems as invasive species.

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