Introduction to Aquaculture

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Aquaculture is growing animals and plants in a water environment. Aquaculture is a broad category that encompasses freshwater and saltwater marine systems. Some operations have systems that are “closed,” involving just fish production and “open,” involving other systems such as hydroponics. Aquaculture business has been growing by more than 60% in the last 10 years. It is the world’s fastest developing source of animal protein. Aquaculture is a neat way to understand biological cycles and how we can learn so much from nature by observing how wastes become another’s resource for food or nutrients.

In this section, you will learn about the different types of systems, how to create your own, and leave remembering the value of a closed loop system of which reuses another’s waste.

Fish are inhabitant of the oceans. His biggest predator is the human because of his exuberance to eat them in many forms. This fact and the industrial fishing methods that have the tendency to overfish a lot of specimens have led to the near extinction of some populations. The decline in number of fish has led to a worsen ecosystem in sea. Their are ambiguity of measures taken in some part of the Ocean. Also the development of a better regulation on fishery is time conquering.Thats why aquaculture can be a quick respons on the demand of fish while ecosystems in the sea have time to replenish themselves.

Aquaculture has been set up in the open water sources such as the ocean. The next generation of aquaculture, by contrast, is land-based urban aquaculture situated in warehouses it uses a recirculating system for the water, with no discharge or antibiotics.

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General information

Pros and cons

Find out more about the benefits and challenges to aquaculture according to the World Wildlife Foundation or SeaWeb.

Careers in Aquaculture

What Does a Career in Aquaculture Look Like?

Typically, the structure of a aquaculture personnel ranges from technician to lead biologist or manager.

Country by Country breakdown of Aquaculture Statistics

What Does Aquaculture Look Like in Your Country?

Aquaculture looks very different from country to country and even from town to town. The above link offers information sorted by country and sector, but here is an overview provided by an American university of what aquaculture often looks.