An aquaponics park has been reopened on the University of Guam campus by the College of Natural & Applied Sciences. Named the CNAS Aquapark, it is being used for agricultural education, research and community outreach — the college's three missions as facilitator of Guam's Land Grant.
Aquaculture specialist David Crisostomo spoke with The Guam Daily Post to provide some background and information on what Aquapark has in store for stakeholders, students, and the community.
The park made its debut at the university's Charter Day earlier this year on March 7. It will facilitate aquaculture research projects and will also serve as an educational venue for students, teachers, farmers, and the community to learn how aquaponics systems work and why they are a smart solution for Guam's environment and food security.
"It's been found that you can actually get as good of a yield or better yield in some cases. And the whole approach to things has really changed. Global warming has grown everybody into a different mindset, food Security, coming out of COVID with all of those problems that we had coming right into a typhoon, which further exacerbated the problems of food, really impacted us," he said.
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