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Friday, December 14, 2007
Project Three: The Fable
For Project Three I designed a picture displaying a morph of mangrove coastlines, slowly being destroyed, and then becoming a shrimp farm. I took this picture and created a puzzle out of it. Each puzzle piece has words that are somehow related to the other pieces it fits into. I figured this way children would have the opportunity to complete a puzzle and still learn about the harms of aquaculture through the final picture and keywords. I designed this puzzle for 5th graders, but it is still fun to complete, enjoy!
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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Timed Writing
Aquaculture: Timed Writing
Alyssa Cross
I have recently written a research paper with regards to the topic of aquaculture and its impact on the environment. Aquaculture has been perceived as the solution to over fishing, an on going issue in the world today, but recently aquaculture has been harming the environment more than helping. I believe that sustainable aquaculture cannot be practiced and should not be seen as the solution to over fishing. To help broaden others knowledge about aquaculture I have posted a blog of my researching paper. To better my personal understand I have written letters with regards to sustainable aquaculture to various organizations. I have also recently been working on a fable to educate fifth grades about the harms of aquaculture. Through project 3 I have been working to educate others and myself in the field of aquaculture and the problems it presents.
A blog is a webpage which everybody throughout the world cannot access via the internet. On my blog website, www.crossab.blogspot.com, I posted a copy of my research paper on aquaculture. On my blog website I also used tools to display pictures. Through the tools on blogger.com I created a pole asking whether people, after reading my paper, can vote on whether aquaculture is the solution to over fishing. My blog site has not only educated others on aquaculture but also given my a view of others opinions through voting or comments. The comments on my blog site included questions on what the solution to over fishing should be and whether I believe sustainable aquaculture could be practiced. While writing my letters, later on, I used my blogging feedback to ask the same questions to the different organizations. Blogging was the first step in expanding my and others knowledge in the harmful aspects presented by aquaculture.
After creating a blog site I continued on to writing letters to varies organizations such as WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) and Desert Sweet Shirmp (Shrimp Farm). In my letters I presented facts of issues presented by aquaculture, such as destruction of coastlines or emission of pollution, then asked how the different organizations prevented these problems or dealt with them. I presented facts so that the different organizations knew that I had knowledge in the field of problems presented in aquaculture. By presenting the fact and then the question I gave the reader a basis of where my question was coming from. I preferred to email my letters because I figured the feedback would be quicker, I found college mail moves rather slowly. I ended up emailing two of my letters and had to mail the third because an email address was not given. I hope to broaden my horizons in the knowledge of aquaculture. All of the organizations websites, which I contacted, claimed that sustainable aquaculture is possible. Therefore, I am hoping, for the environments sake, maybe these organizations will prove me wrong in my views of aquaculture; maybe the aquaculture farms have found ways to prevent pollution and destruction of coastlines. The final goal I wish to achieve through my letters is whether sustainable aquaculture can really be practiced today and replace over fishing issues.
After attempting to further my education in aquaculture I began attempting to create a fable to education 5th graders on the harmful impacts presented by aquaculture. I have not carried out my fable yet, but I have a basis for my project. For a class of 5th graders I will create a story book about a baby fish who has lost his home because of the construction of a shrimp aquaculture farm. Throughout my story the baby fish will have to deal with leaving his home behind, attempt of being eaten and adjusting to a new habitat. Within my story book I will provide writing on one side of the page and a detailed picture which I have drawn myself. The goal I wish to achieve through my Fable is I wish to educate children on the harms of natural process such as fish farming. The bright colors of my fable should help to draw in the attention of the students and educate them at the same time. If our younger generations are not educated in what negatively impacts their environment then issues, such as over fishing, will continue arise as they grow older. We need to educate our youths to ensure a save pollution free future world, if that can even be achieved.
By creating a blog and writing letters to organizations I wish t better my understanding of aquaculture. The feedback from my blog helped my formulate ideas for my letters. My letters, if replied to, will complete my understanding of aquaculture. As of now I still believe aquaculture harms the environment and should not be the solution of over fishing, but I hope to be proved wrong by the organizations I wrote to. Through my fable and blog I hope to better educate others. I hope my fable successfully teaches 5th grades about the issues with aquaculture. Through project 3 I hope to finally raise awareness of the ongoing issue with fish farms and over fishing. I enjoyed working in project 3 as is created an area to express my opinion, learn and educate others.
Alyssa Cross
I have recently written a research paper with regards to the topic of aquaculture and its impact on the environment. Aquaculture has been perceived as the solution to over fishing, an on going issue in the world today, but recently aquaculture has been harming the environment more than helping. I believe that sustainable aquaculture cannot be practiced and should not be seen as the solution to over fishing. To help broaden others knowledge about aquaculture I have posted a blog of my researching paper. To better my personal understand I have written letters with regards to sustainable aquaculture to various organizations. I have also recently been working on a fable to educate fifth grades about the harms of aquaculture. Through project 3 I have been working to educate others and myself in the field of aquaculture and the problems it presents.
A blog is a webpage which everybody throughout the world cannot access via the internet. On my blog website, www.crossab.blogspot.com, I posted a copy of my research paper on aquaculture. On my blog website I also used tools to display pictures. Through the tools on blogger.com I created a pole asking whether people, after reading my paper, can vote on whether aquaculture is the solution to over fishing. My blog site has not only educated others on aquaculture but also given my a view of others opinions through voting or comments. The comments on my blog site included questions on what the solution to over fishing should be and whether I believe sustainable aquaculture could be practiced. While writing my letters, later on, I used my blogging feedback to ask the same questions to the different organizations. Blogging was the first step in expanding my and others knowledge in the harmful aspects presented by aquaculture.
After creating a blog site I continued on to writing letters to varies organizations such as WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) and Desert Sweet Shirmp (Shrimp Farm). In my letters I presented facts of issues presented by aquaculture, such as destruction of coastlines or emission of pollution, then asked how the different organizations prevented these problems or dealt with them. I presented facts so that the different organizations knew that I had knowledge in the field of problems presented in aquaculture. By presenting the fact and then the question I gave the reader a basis of where my question was coming from. I preferred to email my letters because I figured the feedback would be quicker, I found college mail moves rather slowly. I ended up emailing two of my letters and had to mail the third because an email address was not given. I hope to broaden my horizons in the knowledge of aquaculture. All of the organizations websites, which I contacted, claimed that sustainable aquaculture is possible. Therefore, I am hoping, for the environments sake, maybe these organizations will prove me wrong in my views of aquaculture; maybe the aquaculture farms have found ways to prevent pollution and destruction of coastlines. The final goal I wish to achieve through my letters is whether sustainable aquaculture can really be practiced today and replace over fishing issues.
After attempting to further my education in aquaculture I began attempting to create a fable to education 5th graders on the harmful impacts presented by aquaculture. I have not carried out my fable yet, but I have a basis for my project. For a class of 5th graders I will create a story book about a baby fish who has lost his home because of the construction of a shrimp aquaculture farm. Throughout my story the baby fish will have to deal with leaving his home behind, attempt of being eaten and adjusting to a new habitat. Within my story book I will provide writing on one side of the page and a detailed picture which I have drawn myself. The goal I wish to achieve through my Fable is I wish to educate children on the harms of natural process such as fish farming. The bright colors of my fable should help to draw in the attention of the students and educate them at the same time. If our younger generations are not educated in what negatively impacts their environment then issues, such as over fishing, will continue arise as they grow older. We need to educate our youths to ensure a save pollution free future world, if that can even be achieved.
By creating a blog and writing letters to organizations I wish t better my understanding of aquaculture. The feedback from my blog helped my formulate ideas for my letters. My letters, if replied to, will complete my understanding of aquaculture. As of now I still believe aquaculture harms the environment and should not be the solution of over fishing, but I hope to be proved wrong by the organizations I wrote to. Through my fable and blog I hope to better educate others. I hope my fable successfully teaches 5th grades about the issues with aquaculture. Through project 3 I hope to finally raise awareness of the ongoing issue with fish farms and over fishing. I enjoyed working in project 3 as is created an area to express my opinion, learn and educate others.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Desert Sweet Shrimp
Email- Shrimp@desertsweetshrimp.com
To whom it may concern,
My name is Alyssa Cross and I am a current student at Eckerd College. Recently, I wrote a research paper regarding aquaculture and its harmful effects on the environment. To better understand sustainable aquaculture I have a few questions I would like to ask. I understand disease and parasites are common in shrimp farms, due to the high population density, and can pose a potential problem for farms. On your website I read that you do not use antibiotics, without the use of antibiotics what is your solution for disease and parasite control? I also realize fish farms produce waste, which can cause algae blooms in local waterways. Algae blooms decrease the levels of dissolved oxygen in the water, which can lead to the suffocation of local fish populations. What is done with the waste product, feces and pellets, produced by the farm? Shrimp farms are built normally on coastlines and take up a lot of room. When building Desert Sweet Shrimp how did prevent harmfully impacting the surrounding environment? By building farms humans are destructing habitats and harming ecosystems. How does Desert
Sweet Shrimp avoid harming local habitats? I am also aware that a lot of food is necessary to feed farmed shrimp. Where does the feed come from? Does the feed take away from local shrimp populations? I am concerned if humans continue to consume large amounts of
Seafood, we may permanently damage the oceans ecosystems. Do you believe the worlds fish supply can be produced by aquaculture? My main question is, how does Desert Sweet Shrimp practice sustainable aquaculture? Thank you for your time, I appreciate it greatly.
Sincerely,
Alyssa B. Cross
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Aquaculture Program
Email- NOAA.Aquaculture@noaa.gov
To whom it may concern,
My name is Alyssa Cross and I am currently a student at Eckerd College. I have recently been writing a research paper with regards to sustainable aquaculture. To help better my understanding of sustainable aquaculture, I had a few questions I would like to ask. Aquaculture fish are grown in high population densities enabling disease and parasites to spread with ease. What is a solution to diseases and parasites that will not cause pollution? Antibiotics
are poured into tanks or fed to the fish through tablets, causing waste which can pollute local waterways. Where will the waste from feces and tablets be disposed? Where does the food for the farmed fish come from? Does the fish feed take away from surrounding fish populations?
The process of fish farming is not a natural growing process for the fish. Does aquaculture harm the fish’s natural growing process? Does aquaculture produce unhealthy fish loaded with antibiotics?
Shrimp farms use shallow waters along coastlines to grow shrimp. Coastlines tend to be mangrove forests, which house nurseries for small fish. By destroying coastlines, shrimp farms destroy habitats and put smaller fish at risk of predators. Can sustainable aquaculture really be practiced? I have one main question I would like to leave you with, is aquaculture really the solution to over fishing? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Alyssa Cross
WWF
U.S. Headquarters
World Wildlife Fund
1250 Twenty-Fourth Street, N.W.
P.O. Box 97180
Washington, DC 20090-7180
To whom it may concern,
My name is Alyssa Cross and I am currently a student at Eckerd College. I have recently been writing a research paper with regards to sustainable aquaculture and how aquaculture can prove to be harmful to the environment. I have a few questions regarding aquaculture I would like to ask to help increase my knowledge in the field of sustainable fish farming. I read through the WWF website and thoroughly agree that the emission of pollution from aquaculture farms should be carefully monitored. If the local waterways are polluted with nitrogen and phosphorus the water enrichment process leads to algae blooms. Algae absorbs high levels of dissolved oxygen, meaning waterways around fish farms, if enough pollution is emitted, will have lower levels of dissolved oxygen. Fish need dissolved oxygen to survive; if levels of dissolved oxygen get too low the local fish populations could die. What is WWFs solution to aquaculture pollution?
Shrimp farms are built in shallows coastlines to provide the best environment for the shrimp. Coastlines where shrimp are farmed normally house mangrove forests. Mangrove forests are nurseries for smaller fish, without mangroves smaller fish are less protected from predators. Shrimp farms destroy coastlines, what is the WWFs solution to the destruction of coastlines? Is there a method to build shrimp farms without destroying habitats?
My main questions I would like to leave you with are, is there such a thing as sustainable aquaculture? Is aquaculture the solution to the problem of over fishing? If not, what other solutions are there for the rising demand in the world for fish? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Alyssa Cross
Email- Shrimp@desertsweetshrimp.com
To whom it may concern,
My name is Alyssa Cross and I am a current student at Eckerd College. Recently, I wrote a research paper regarding aquaculture and its harmful effects on the environment. To better understand sustainable aquaculture I have a few questions I would like to ask. I understand disease and parasites are common in shrimp farms, due to the high population density, and can pose a potential problem for farms. On your website I read that you do not use antibiotics, without the use of antibiotics what is your solution for disease and parasite control? I also realize fish farms produce waste, which can cause algae blooms in local waterways. Algae blooms decrease the levels of dissolved oxygen in the water, which can lead to the suffocation of local fish populations. What is done with the waste product, feces and pellets, produced by the farm? Shrimp farms are built normally on coastlines and take up a lot of room. When building Desert Sweet Shrimp how did prevent harmfully impacting the surrounding environment? By building farms humans are destructing habitats and harming ecosystems. How does Desert
Sweet Shrimp avoid harming local habitats? I am also aware that a lot of food is necessary to feed farmed shrimp. Where does the feed come from? Does the feed take away from local shrimp populations? I am concerned if humans continue to consume large amounts of
Seafood, we may permanently damage the oceans ecosystems. Do you believe the worlds fish supply can be produced by aquaculture? My main question is, how does Desert Sweet Shrimp practice sustainable aquaculture? Thank you for your time, I appreciate it greatly.
Sincerely,
Alyssa B. Cross
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOAA Aquaculture Program
Email- NOAA.Aquaculture@noaa.gov
To whom it may concern,
My name is Alyssa Cross and I am currently a student at Eckerd College. I have recently been writing a research paper with regards to sustainable aquaculture. To help better my understanding of sustainable aquaculture, I had a few questions I would like to ask. Aquaculture fish are grown in high population densities enabling disease and parasites to spread with ease. What is a solution to diseases and parasites that will not cause pollution? Antibiotics
are poured into tanks or fed to the fish through tablets, causing waste which can pollute local waterways. Where will the waste from feces and tablets be disposed? Where does the food for the farmed fish come from? Does the fish feed take away from surrounding fish populations?
The process of fish farming is not a natural growing process for the fish. Does aquaculture harm the fish’s natural growing process? Does aquaculture produce unhealthy fish loaded with antibiotics?
Shrimp farms use shallow waters along coastlines to grow shrimp. Coastlines tend to be mangrove forests, which house nurseries for small fish. By destroying coastlines, shrimp farms destroy habitats and put smaller fish at risk of predators. Can sustainable aquaculture really be practiced? I have one main question I would like to leave you with, is aquaculture really the solution to over fishing? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Alyssa Cross
WWF
U.S. Headquarters
World Wildlife Fund
1250 Twenty-Fourth Street, N.W.
P.O. Box 97180
Washington, DC 20090-7180
To whom it may concern,
My name is Alyssa Cross and I am currently a student at Eckerd College. I have recently been writing a research paper with regards to sustainable aquaculture and how aquaculture can prove to be harmful to the environment. I have a few questions regarding aquaculture I would like to ask to help increase my knowledge in the field of sustainable fish farming. I read through the WWF website and thoroughly agree that the emission of pollution from aquaculture farms should be carefully monitored. If the local waterways are polluted with nitrogen and phosphorus the water enrichment process leads to algae blooms. Algae absorbs high levels of dissolved oxygen, meaning waterways around fish farms, if enough pollution is emitted, will have lower levels of dissolved oxygen. Fish need dissolved oxygen to survive; if levels of dissolved oxygen get too low the local fish populations could die. What is WWFs solution to aquaculture pollution?
Shrimp farms are built in shallows coastlines to provide the best environment for the shrimp. Coastlines where shrimp are farmed normally house mangrove forests. Mangrove forests are nurseries for smaller fish, without mangroves smaller fish are less protected from predators. Shrimp farms destroy coastlines, what is the WWFs solution to the destruction of coastlines? Is there a method to build shrimp farms without destroying habitats?
My main questions I would like to leave you with are, is there such a thing as sustainable aquaculture? Is aquaculture the solution to the problem of over fishing? If not, what other solutions are there for the rising demand in the world for fish? Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Alyssa Cross
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