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Aquaculture
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Water:Science and Issues
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- Egna, Hillary S.
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Aquaculture
Aquaculture, a type of agriculture, is the practice of cultivating aquatic animals and plants in managed aquatic environments. Aquaculture in salt-water or marine environments is called mariculture. Fish culture, or pisciculture, refers to the
husbandry
of
finfish
. The most popular aquaculture species are finfish grown in fresh waters, accounting for over 40 percent of total aquaculture production (U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1998).
Ancient and Modern Aquaculture
Aquaculture has a long history, but for much of the world it remains somewhat of a novelty, being practiced less than agriculture or
capture fisheries
.
Yet as the world demand for fish increases, ...
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE HOSTS 58TH ANNUAL NW FISH CULTURE...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
November 5, 2007 ;
355 words
......news release: The 58th Annual Northwest Fish Culture Conference will be held Dec. 4-6 at...an opportunity for people involved in fish culture to interact and share their experiences...understanding of the technical aspects of fish culture and how fish culture plays a ...
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OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RETIREE HONORED WITH NORTHWEST FISH...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
December 13, 2007 ;
259 words
......the 2007 inductee into the Northwest Fish Culture Hall of Fame at the 58th annual Northwest Fish Culture Conference. Holt, a retired Oregon Department...contributions to the advancement of fish culture. The 58th annual Northwest Fish Culture...
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FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OFFER NEW DEGREE PROGRAM IN FISHERIES...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
August 3, 2006 ;
431 words
......the areas of fisheries management and fish culture in both the public and private sectors...Internship II, Fisheries Management, Fish Culture Techniques, Stream Ecology and Monitoring...Honeoye Lake. The Field Station includes a Fish Culture and Aquatic Research Center, which...
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FINGER LAKES COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO OFFER NEW DEGREE PROGRAM IN FISHERIES...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
January 10, 2006 ;
457 words
......the areas of fisheries management and fish culture in both the public and private sectors...Internship II, Fisheries Management, Fish Culture Techniques, Stream Ecology and Monitoring...Honeoye Lake. The Field Station includes a Fish Culture and Aquatic Research Center, which...
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Economics of Pond Fish Culture in Balaghat District of Madhya Pradesh
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics;
July 1, 2004 ;
Chaudhary, Rudrakant; Bisen, P K; Raghuwanshi, N K; Bakshi, S;
276 words
......made to assess the profitability of pond fish culture in one of the prominent pond fish culture area of the state. For the purpose of present...pond size showing scale economies in pond fish culture. Net returns also showed a similar relationship...
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R.I. to purchase 495-acre hatchery
The Boston Globe;
November 3, 1994 ;
AP);
37 words
...RICHMOND, R.I. -- The state plans to acquire the 123-year-old American Fish Culture Co. hatchery to boost its output of trout for stocking streams. The Department of Environmental Management will pay $2.5 million for the 495-acre site.
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New system for raising fresh-water fish.(Update)
Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World;
April 1, 2005 ;
312 words
......up to 90 percent of the water in two fish culture bays at the ARS National Center for...purification before returning to the fish culture tanks. The system was designed to maintain...demand for fresh water at a time when fish culture activities have increased. As a result...
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New system for raising fresh-water fish
Resource;
April 1, 2005 ;
Anonymous;
305 words
......up to 90 percent of the water in two fish culture bays at the ARS National Center for...purification before returning to the fish culture tanks. The system was designed to maintain...demand for fresh water at a time when fish culture activities have increased. As a result...
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BC Pacific Salmon Forum Calls for Action on Cheakamus River
CCNMatthews Newswire;
April 7, 2006 ;
458 words
......authorize an immediate conservation fish culture hatchery initiative to help repopulate...Procedure, which supports 'conservation fish culture' for designated 'wild' streams provided...out the clock" to the point where a fish culture program cannot be launched because no...
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New system developed for raising fresh-water fish.
M2 Presswire;
January 25, 2005 ;
381 words
......up to 90 percent of the water in two fish culture bays at the ARS National Center for...purification before returning to the fish culture tanks. The system was designed to maintain...demand for fresh water at a time when fish culture activities have increased. As a result...
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Soundings
Sea Technology;
July 1, 1997 ;
Anonymous;
787 words
......Researchers Evaluate Flounder's Potential as Aquaculture Species. A NOAA-funded North Carolina team of researchers...the potential of the southern flounder as an aquaculture species. Flounder are excellent candidates since they...
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Institutional Structures for Governance of Freshwater Aquaculture: Lessons...
Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics;
July 1, 2004 ;
Marothia, Dinesh K;
787 words
......1995, 1997 a, 2002). In recent years fish culture in freshwater has been managed under...importance of freshwater resources for fish culture in the state of Chhattisgarh an attempt...resources (Boria Khurd irrigation tank) for fish culture by fishermen communities. II FRESHWATER...
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217,000 WALLEYES STOCKED IN VERMONT IN 2008
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;
July 28, 2008 ;
244 words
......Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's fish culture program. "We are especially thankful...this spring and hatched at the Bald Hill Fish Culture Station in Newark, and the Ed Weed Fish Culture Station in Grand Isle. After hatching...
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BC Pacific Salmon Forum Calls for Action on Cheakamus River.
Canadian Corporate News;
April 7, 2006 ;
482 words
......authorize an immediate conservation fish culture hatchery initiative to help repopulate...Procedure, which supports 'conservation fish culture' for designated 'wild' streams provided...running out the clock to the point where a fish culture program cannot be launched because no...
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Aquaculture Research in Twin Falls Extends Beyond Idaho Borders.
The Times-News (Twin Falls, Idaho) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);
June 17, 2002 ;
787 words
......director of the University of Idaho's Fish Culture Experiment Station in Hagerman. The...other, in a good way, he added. The Fish Culture Experiment Station has been particularly...Several new developments at the Hagerman Fish Culture Experiment Station, which opened in...
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