Increasing the Economical Efficiency and Sustainability of Indoor Fish Farming by Means of Aquaponics - Review

Abstract

This review focuses on increasing economical efficiency and sustainability of indoor fish farming. Aspects like sustainability and economical efficiency were reviewed. In order to improve man`s health we must reconsider the agricultural sciences, by this we understand that we must develop technologies friendly for the environment. Sustainable indoor fish farming is the farming of the new millennium. Combining aquaculture with hydroponics we obtain a new innovation named aquaponics which respects principles of sustainable agriculture (wastewater biofiltration by plants) and gives us the possibility to increase economical efficiency with an additional production (organic vegetables).

Keywords

• aquaculture
• aquaponics
• hydroponics
• organic products
• recirculating aquaculture systems (ras)