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Re:Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years by fondue on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @12:52PM (#1358107)
Yes, people do it with Talapia right now.
Re:Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years by jbooth on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @01:16PM (#1358204)
Not really, unless you're willing to stretch sustainable to the breaking point.

As I understand it, after a few years the floor of the fish farm is basically a solid toxic layer of fish food and fish shit, and it becomes unsuitable for farming. That's not sustainable.

Re:Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years by evgen on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @02:42PM (#1358527)
There is nothing wrong with the process, just the implementation. The bottom layer is not radioactive, it just needs to be processed properly. Since there is not going to be anything there of significance which is not organic there is not reason you could not move fish from pond A to pond B, and then process the bottom layer of the pond to be fertilizer that will help grow more food to feed to the fish, etc. Since you are talking about years of use in a single location it is pretty obvious that you are not actually talking about known sustainable processes but are tagging that label onto something else.
Re:Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years by jbooth on Tuesday May 18, 2010 @03:07PM (#1358616)
I think "properly processing" a 3 foot thick layer of sludge on the ocean floor might be a little more difficult than you're making it out to be. Or maybe it's easy. I don't know.

But as things stand right now, the process as implemented is completely unsustainable.