System · Rationale

Recirculating aquaculture

Aquaculture system in which water is filtered and reused within a closed loop, reducing dependence on ambient water and buffering exposure to climate-driven changes in water temperature and quality.

Definition source: FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture (recirculating aquaculture systems)

Synonyms

RAS

Broader

Aquaculture system

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

System is exposed to a climate hazard, OR is acted on by a hazard-addressing intervention, OR benefits from a qualifying outcome or an adaptation-specific impact; NOT adaptation when named only as the sector or commodity of work, with no exposure and no hazard-addressing action on it.

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

SYS_035 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/SYS_035
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/SYS_035)