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This propose study will investigate the benefits of feeding fish using duckweeds, as opposed to commercial feed. The use of duckweeds, as opposed to commercial feed, not only significantly affect the cost of aquaculture (1/3 of the cost is from feed), but it also protects wild fish, because it reduces the need for fish meals. The expansion of fish farming does not imply more demand for commercial fishing of shell fish and small fish used to produce fish meals -- this demand is met with duckweeds. Duckweeds also address the water pollution created by the introduction of aquaculture.
The Aresty student will take an active part in running and documenting the experiment we plan on performing in the greenhouse at Foran Hall. The student will also review and integrate relevant literature with respect to the aforementioned areas:
1) Identify the relevant papers.
2) Provides summaries of these papers and their key findings.
3) Building on the summaries, we will develop a narrative that we then be used to explain the potential benefits and costs of using duckweeds.
The project will use the findings and information of the review to enumerate the conditions that will be critical for duckweeds to progress as a feed for intensive fish farming facilities. The project's goal is to
1) Identify promising duckweed pathways.
2) Model promising duckweed pilot projects:
3) The RA will collect data and log the data collected during the experiment.
4) The faculty will develop the model.
5) The faculty will do the assessment and communicate the findings and the analysis with the student.
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