Figure 1.

Potential carbon sources (the dark text) and sinks (the white text) associated with operational (on-farm) activities in the bivalve, seaweed and fed finfish mariculture sectors. Carbon sinks are parts of the farming process that lead to a net uptake of carbon from the environment, whereas sources are processes that lead to a net loss of carbon to the environment. The outer circles represent external factors that may influence carbon flow through mariculture farms or modify the magnitude of carbon sinks and sources. Sinks may not represent long term carbon sequestration, depending on the external influencing factors and the fate of the mariculture product.