Aquaculture and microbiological problems in aqua culturing What is Aquaculture? Aquaculture is the breeding , rearing , and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in all types of water environments . Introduction Aquaculture is the rearing of aquatic species under controlled conditions, and includes the production of fish, shellfish, plants (seaweeds), alligators, amphibians, crocodiles and turtles. The process includes self-contained processes starting with the acquisition of eggs and sperm from dedicated brood stock through to market-sized individuals, such as Atlantic salmon. Origin of Aquaculture Aquaculture may be traced back to common carp ( Cyprinus carpio ) culture in China, which is considered to have been developed during 2000–1000 BC. Fan Lai (a politician turned fish culturist, in ancient China during the 5th century BC) wrote a landmark publication on fish culture in ~500 BC; this was the earliest known m...
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