Turtle Farming: The Lesser of Two Evils Sample Clauses

Turtle Farming: The Lesser of Two Evils. The National Oceanic and Aquatic Administration of the United States defines aquaculture as the breeding, rearing and harvesting of animals and plants in water environments.108 Aquaculture has been key in meeting the growing demands of seafood, and it has been successful for several different species. The California finfish have been bred, reared and released into the wild to supplement the stock that is being caught for 106 XxXxxxxx, Xxxx. "Asian Compliance with CITES: Problems and Prospects." BU Int'l LJ 5 (1987): 311. 107 Checklist of CITES species and annotated CITES appendices and reservations: a reference to the appendices to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. United Nations Environmental Programme, 2005. 108 "NOAA - National Aquaculture Program." National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx/retiredsites/docaqua/reports_noaaresearch/benetti_dec_2006_update.pdf. recreational purposes off the coasts of California.109 The technology has been successful in reducing the pressures of wild species and replenishing these populations to prevent extinction. Aquaculture has become a popular practice for providing turtles to meet the demand from Asian societies, particularly China. Both indoor and outdoor ponds have been built throughout China to house different turtle species that may need a particular climate if not native to the area. The fruitful industry is one of the largest aquaculture sectors in the world. The aquaculture industry generates an enormous profit as one of the most traded species worldwide.110 The sector has grown from 2.94 billion USD in 1984 to 61.9 billion USD in 2010, and China’s aquaculture sector accounts for 49.3 percent of worldwide aquaculture production by value.111 Turtle aquaculture can be seen as a solution, but in fact it increases the problem. The pollution of turtle farming has led it to become one of the dirtiest forms of aquaculture, with water run-off ruining the waterways that native species inhabit, as well as creating a harmful disease prone environment for the turtles living on the farm.112 It has become one of the highest pressures Asian turtles are facing, but the Chinese government and citizens fail to recognize the impacts of the industry and the severity of this only temporary fix. Turtle farmers purchase wild caught turtles for several benefits. Wild caught turtles increase their total stock of adult animals, and they are constantly see...
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