Technically it isn’t vegan but I personally think it’d be ok because you’re rescuing fish and won’t be exploiting them.

@luckystarjenna and @dagmar I’m glad to see you also think this would be a good idea without jeopardizing the vegan morals

I think this is a great idea. People don’t really think about rescuing fish so it’s great that there would be someone who does. You can also make it like an eco-efficient environment. Love it!

This isn’t “using” the fish, in my point of view; it’s a symbiotic relationship. You provide the fish with food, a house, etc. and without hurting it in anyway you gain organic fertilizer.

I wanted to get some peta-friend opinions on this, for the sake of a different point of view.

I recently found out that I own about 6 acres of land (apparently my dad left it to me in his will. It’s technically in my grandpa’s name, but I guess they are keeping it for me until I am more… financially stable *cough*). My first thought after realizing this was “AH! GREENHOUSE!”
I had been planning on rigging up some sort of space-saving greenhouse in my yard this summer, but no matter how it would be fashioned, it would leave very little space for my dogs to run around, so I threw out the idea entirely, and was going to settle for a very small indoor grow-light garden. BUT NOW! now. Oh man. I actually have the space to build an AWESOME greenhouse (and eventually, hopefully, a self-sustaining house/sanctuary for animals in need).
So in researching different types of green house systems, I came across aquaponics. I had heard of hydroponics before, and was very interested in it, but had never heard of aquaponics.

Aquaponics is a circulating system where you have fish (forgive me, I am going to be horrible at explaining this.) and the water from the fish habitat is circulated through the plants, which are housed in something like gravel instead of soil. The ammonia from the fish waste turns into nitrate and nitrite (dont quote me. its something like that) which is very nutritious for the plants, and can increase plant growth by something like 3 times. The plants also clean the water, which is then circulated back into the fish habitat.
Now, a lot of people who utilize aquaponics systems use “edible” fist like catfish or tilapia, and also… you know… “harvest” the fish.
But -all- types of fish produce the same waste. So my thought it – rescued fish. There are a TON of young children in my family who come home with gold fish from fairs every year, and they don’t take care of them, so the gold fish end up dying before they even have a name. So what if this could provide a loving habitat for them (when I say loving, I mean loving. My boyfriend ADORES fish)?
Does the fact that the fish waste is contributing to the growth of our food jeopardize the vegan morals?
The way I look at it, it’s win win. The fish get a loving home where they will be taken care of, and they also help produce more nutritious and faster growing vegetables.
But I really want to hear other people’s opinions on this.