What is Aquaculture?
Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, mulluscs, 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. (From the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the
United Nations' Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries.)
Aquaculture, like agriculture, is a delicate balance of many elements. An aquaculture system has the following
interrelated factors. Living organisms, the fish, need the proper temperature and oxygen for their particular
species. Certain species need a large amount of water and current, while others need only a limited space.
Species require nutrition for healthy growth, which may be plant material, other living organisms, or a mixture of
both. The management of an aquaculture system maintains the balance of these elements by calculating and
implementing feeding, stocking, testing, water quality, and harvesting.
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