Perry Raso at TEDx Boston – To Farm or Not to Farm… in Our Public Waters

The increasing demand for seafood, coupled with a plateauing and in some cases declining production from our wild capture fisheries, has created the need for aquaculture more now than ever in human history. However, impacts of aquaculture range from practices that result in environmental degradation to farming methods that are among the most environmentally sustainable forms of agriculture which produce food while resulting in ecosystem benefits.