User:Jdaley946/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Aquaculture of catfish


 * Article Evaluation
 * This article provides some good information on the worlds largest producers of catfish. It sources are relevant and current. It does not go into enough detail about the varieties of catfish farming used round the world. It briefly explains the most prevalent methods, but it does not provide enough pictures of these techniques, making it difficult to grasp each concept.


 * Sources
 * https://fisheries.tamu.edu/aquaculture/catfish/
 * https://thefishsite.com/articles/cultured-aquatic-species-channel-catfish

Option 2

 * Article title
 * Shrimp farming


 * Article Evaluation
 * The introductory section provides a concise and effective description of the practice of shrimp farming. It identifies and links to the taxonomic groups of shrimp involved, in case the reader wishes to research a specific species.
 * The body breaks shrimp farming into two categories: marine and freshwater. The marine category goes into detail about the history of shrimp farming around the world. It lists dated statistics about production and income of the global industry, and provides other facts about the industry which may or may not be up to date. It also explains how the spread of shrimp diseases have affected the industry. The entire "marine" category lacks citations.
 * The "freshwater" category briefly explains that freshwater shrimp farming faces the same disease issues as marine shrimp farming. This fact is cited with a somewhat outdated source. It also provides one statistic about the global production of freshwater shrimp, which is cited with a current source.
 * It would be more logical if the "marine" category was split into two sections, one dedicated to statistical analysis of the industry, and the other dedicated to the history of marine shrimp farming. As it exists, it is unclear if the statistics and history in the "marine" category refer to only marine shrimp farming or shrimp farming as a whole. The "freshwater" category lacks any history of freshwater shrimp farming and only has one statistic regarding global annual production.
 * The body is accompanied by captioned pictures of traditional shrimp farming techniques, but lacks pictures of more modern techniques which are abundantly available online.
 * The marine and freshwater categories each provide links to Wikipedia articles about the respective form of shrimp farming which relieves this main article from having to go into too much detail.
 * Finally, it has a category about animal welfare, which describes and links to an article about "eyestalk abalition." This information is indeed pertinent to shrimp farming, but may be better located within the articles describing specific forms of shrimp farming.


 * Sources
 * https://www.aquaculturealliance.org/advocate/history-of-shrimp-farming/
 * https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287496187_History_of_Shrimp_Farming

Option 3

 * Article title
 * Scallop aquaculture


 * Article Evaluation
 * The section "Cultured species" lacks references to support its claims.
 * The "Other species of note" subsection under the "Cultured species" heading makes claims about the inefficiency of certain species of scallops for farming without citing references to support these claims.
 * The "Hatcheries" subsection under the "Methods of culture" mentions broodstock, but fails to address the possible sources of broodstock (wild vs. captive) and the impact each can have on the grow out stage and final product.


 * Sources
 * http://agrilife.org/fisheries2/files/2013/09/NRAC-Publication-No.-214-2010-%E2%80%93-Hatchery-Culture-of-the-Bay-Scallop.pdf
 * https://www.academia.edu/24509810/Effects_of_Broodstock_Size_and_Source_on_Ovarian_Maturation_and_Spawning_of_Penaeus_monodon_Fabricius_from_the_Gulf_of_Thailand