OCEA 2000X Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Rainbow Trout, Sea Louse, Mariculture
31 Aug 2016
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Aquaculture is the farming of fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants in salt or fresh water. Mariculture refers to aquaculture based in salt water. World wild catch of fish has plateaued at around 90-95 million metric tons. Since the peak in wild fish catches in the late. 80s, aquaculture production has more than tripled and now supplies about half of the tonnage supplied by harvest fisheries. Canada has a young and growing aquaculture industry. According to the government of canada, in 2010 aquaculture produced 15% as much fish as wild-caught fisheries. Aquaculture produced 48% of the value of the wild fisheries! Aquaculture industry employed 3272 people directly in 2010 and more than 10,000 indirectly. More than two-thirds of aquaculture production is exported. Biomass produced by aquaculture in canada has been relatively steady for 10 years. As a result, political, social and economic interest in aquaculture is high. Huge and growing demand for aquaculture products.
