"The nitrates and phosphates produced by fish food and fish effluence cause the nutrient salt levels in the coastal waters to skyrocket. Four thousand tons of salt was being put into the Red Sea at Eilat as a result of cage fish farming, which is approximately equal to the amount generated by 70,000 people," Loya explains.
「箱網養殖因飼料和魚類排泄物產生的氮和磷酸鹽，使得近海的營養鹽大量增加，紅海 Eilat 地區一年 4,000 噸的箱網養殖所產生的營養鹽，相當於 7 萬人的排放量！」