ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Wild Fisheries, The The, Aquaponics
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The farming of aquatic organisms in inland and coastal areas, involving intervention in the rearing process to enhance production and the individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated. (fao: both offshore and inland important. Includes fish, molluscs, crustaceans, aquatic plants (567 species worldwide) Inland aquaculture is growing faster than marine (mostly in developing world: fastest-growing food production sector, accounts for ~50% of all fish used for food, dish makes up 17% of the global population"s intake of animal protein. Per capita fish consumption has doubled since 1960. Fish are used for many other non-food uses (ex turned into fertilizer) Increase in aquaculture is a response to declining wild fisheries. Fully exploited we are taking all excess being produced. Over exploited we"re taking away more than they regenerate, depleting them. Aquaculture is a huge economic engine for developing countries. Cultivation of fish for commercial purposes in man-made tanks and other.
