TY  - JOUR
TT  - The effects of fish farms on water sources
AU  - Turan, Emine Su
AU  - Erkurt, F. Elcin
AU  - Balci, Behzat
PY  - 2017
DA  - June
JF  - The Turkish Journal Of Occupational / Environmental Medicine and Safety
JO  - turjoem
PB  - Engin TUTKUN
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-4711
SP  - 130
EP  - 140
VL  - 2
IS  - 1(3)
KW  - The effects of fish farms on water sources
N2  - Fishing and aquaculture have an effect on aqueous medium where theseactivities are performed, which is the case in manyother activities. Negative environmental pressures appear with theindustrialization in each production branch. Although the spread of the fisheryindustry and the fast growth in aquaculture activities have brought importantsocio-economic benefits, they have also caused important ecological changes,and the negative effects of aquatic ecosystems on water quality and ecologicstructure cause that various concerns are mentioned about the environment. Thechanges in water quality, eutrophication, algae explosions, the increase in theamount of phosphor, the decrease in dissolved oxygen amount, the changes inbenthic fauna, the colonization in filament bacteria, the precipitation ofsolid matters, the increase in TSS, turbidity, the change in the color of thewater, smell, disruption in the area use or changes in biological variety aresome of the environmental pressures caused by fishing industry and aquacultureactivities. When these effects are considered, it is easily understood that thefishery and aquaculture activities in aquatic media may damage the conformityof the water sources for drinking and usage, they may even cause that thesesources disappear completely. In order to sustain water sources and aquacultureactivities, the factors that might affect the water quality and aquaticecosystem must be kept under control both before and during these activities;and it is also clear that protection and monitoring programs in aquatic systemsare necessary and wise planning and management strategies must be prepared forthese purposes.
CR  - Emine Su Turan1* , F. Elcin Erkurt2, Behzat Balci3
CR  - Department of  Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Architecture, Cukurova University, 01330, Balcali/Adana, Turkey1,2,3
Tel: +90 537 420 18 19
e-mail1*: suturan@yandex.com
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/turjoem/issue//328061
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/349296
ER  -