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Aquaculture is Agriculture


Aquaculture is Agriculture: USDA's Role in Supporting Farmers of ...

U.S. aquaculture production is growing because demands for healthy seafood products are increasing. Global stocks of wild-caught seafood have remained ...

What is aquaculture? - National Ocean Service

Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. Basically, it's farming in water. U.S. aquaculture is an ...

Aquaculture - Wikipedia

Aquaculture also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other ...

Aquaculture - USDA

Aquaculture is the production of aquatic organisms under controlled conditions throughout part or all their lifecycle. Its development can help meet future ...

1. Definitions

Defined broadly, agriculture includes farming both animals (animal husbandry) and plants (agronomy, horticulture and forestry in part). Similarly, aquaculture ...

Aquaculture & Fish Farming Explained - ASC International

Aquaculture is the practice of farming seafood. It's like agriculture, but done with fish, crustaceans and shellfish. Aquaculture businesses breed and harvest ...

Aquaculture | Definition, Industry, Farming, Benefits, Types, Facts ...

Aquaculture, the propagation and husbandry of aquatic plants, animals, and other organisms for commercial, recreational, and scientific ...

Fish Farming and Aquaculture - Animal Welfare Institute

Aquaculture refers to the farming of aquatic organisms, including finfish, crustaceans, mollusks, plants, and algae for human use.

Aquaculture Supports a Sustainable Earth - NOAA Fisheries

Restoring and farming shellfish beds allows these bivalves to clean the water as they filter feed, serve as habitats for smaller organisms, and ...

National Aquaculture Association Home -

U.S. aquaculture farms produce a huge vareity of aquatic products that provide local jobs to thousands of rural, working waterfront and urban communities all ...

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Aquaculture: The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming implies some sort of intervention in the rearing ...

Integrated agriculture-aquaculture as an alternative to improving ...

In this research, we examine the viability of integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA) as a means for small-scale producers in Zambia to boost their ...

Aquaculture: why the world needs a new wave of food production

Marine aquaculture, the growing of plants and animals in our oceans, is an important source of nutrition –and, research indicates, an emerging climate change ...

Integrated aquatic and terrestrial food production enhances ... - Nature

We find that production of specific combinations of aquatic foods and vegetables can simultaneously improve nutrient productivity and economic productivity.

How Aquaculture and Agriculture Can Work in Harmony

By working together, aquaculture and agriculture can reduce the environmental effects of their production and focus on producing sustainable, healthy food.

What is Aquaculture, and Why Do We Need It?

Aquaculture is also referred to as fish farming. The seafood that you find at your local grocery store is likely labeled as farmed fish.

Agriculture can help aquaculture become greener | Nature Food

Aquaculture, the farming of fish and seafood, is recognized as a highly efficient system for producing protein for human consumption.

Could Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture be the Future of Farming?

A pivotal study published in Nature Food found can significantly enhance both micronutrient and economic productivity, paving the way for a more nutrition- ...

Aquaculture Overview - The National Agricultural Law Center

The 2013 Census of Aquaculture reported farm-level sales of $1.37 billion due to the industry's 36% growth over the previous seven years.

About Aquaculture - Center for Food Safety

Center for Food Safety works to ensure and improve aquaculture oversight, furthering policy and cultural dialogue with regulatory agencies.