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Responsibility
Polychaete-assisted sand filters show potential in treating effluents
A practical way to treat mariculture effluents combines the physical attributes of a sand filter and the biological properties of hungry marine sand worms.
Innovation & Investment
A unique joint venture is bringing a land-based recirculating aquaculture system to a farming community near Lake Erie. It’s a wastewater treatment program that aims to provide a sustainable food source for the local community.
Responsibility
A practical way to treat mariculture effluents combines the physical attributes of a sand filter and the biological properties of hungry marine sand worms.
Aquafeeds
The use of worms – insect larvae, terrestrial earthworms and aquatic oligochaetes – in fish and shrimp culture is generating interest.