Question

13-22 Aquaculturists (people who farm marine resources, typically in semi-enclosed areas off the coast) have development methods of growing various invertebrates as food sources, such as clams, mussels, and oysters. Other widely consumed species, such as squid, have never been successfully grown in controlled marine environments, and so they remain wild caught. Why

Answer 1

Answer: There are several problems associated with handling of the squid.

Explanation:

Squid is a deep sea creature which becomes enormously big in size and difficult in handling in artificial water body or aquaculture.

It consumes and requires huge amount of food in the pre-larval stages typically phytoplankton and it becomes difficult to provide such food to them.

The maintenance of temperature, and salinity for the squid in aquaculture is difficult.

The sticky arms of the squid adhere to the surface of tub or human handler making it difficult to handle and can be poisonous to humans too.