aquaculture: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	fish farming • aquiculture • mariculture • fish culture

Photos and Videos

aquaculture: Faroese fish farm

Floating fish farms with grid-like enclosures and boats fill the water near a seaside village on Hainan Island, China, with shoreline and trees in the background.

salmon farm at Macquarie Harbour

Rows of oysters growing on ropes suspended from horizontal pipes above the water at an oyster farm.

Rectangular plots of seaweed farms with workers tending algae in shallow water on Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia, with a distant mountain visible in the background.

Mississippi, U.S.: catfish farming

Discover aquaponics, a combination of aquaculture and hydroponics used to produce fish and plants more sustainably

Listen to a discussion on land-based aquaculture and its efficiency

Learn about salmon aquaculture from a Swedish salmon farmer explaining the importance of maintaining the fish's natural habitat

Shrimp farming in Germany: A new local delicacy

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Topics

ocean ranching commercial fishing carp fishing Aquaponics oyster mussel trout shrimp Seaweed Agricultural technology Livestock farming Vegetable farming Fruit farming Beekeeping Cereal farming Intensive animal farming Coffee production Domestication Poultry farming

Key People

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Modadugu Gupta

Indian scientist