Tue, Jul 7th 2009, 15:06
The farming of fish, shrimp, and shellfish is set to overtake cattle ranching by the end of this decade.
As defined by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aquaculture is the "farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming implies some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated..."
Mariculture refers to the aquaculture practice in a marine environment. Marine organisms such as shrimp, oysters and sea plants such as kelp are cultivated in a sea water environment.
Fish Farming is the rearing of fish in enclosures. These enclosures could be closed ponds, cages or ‘raceways' where water flows in one end of the enclosure and out of the other to ensure that there is always fresh water. Most fish farming involves the capture and fattening of juvenile fish, though recent advancements have meant that it will become more common to farm fish for their entire life cycle.
Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) describes a more complex aquaculture technique that involves more than one species. IMTA aquaculture creates a sustaining system where the waste products of one organism feed another organism.
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