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Henry O'Malley (March 22, 1876 —April 24, 1936) was an American fish culturist who led the United States Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) as the seventh United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries from 1922 to 1933.
Earll was born on August 23, 1853, in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois to Robert Cunningham Earll. In 1877, he graduated from Northwestern University.Subsequently, he began work at the United States Fish Commission as fish culturist—which he retained for only a year—and then became a member of the commission.
Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture , which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals such as fish, crustaceans , molluscs and so on, in natural or pseudo-natural environments.
In the 1980s Broussard was on the Texas A&M teaching staff, and was an aquaculture advisor in the Philippines on a USAID project. [1] In a 1989 article in The New York Times on the rising popularity of cultivated catfish, Broussard said, ''It's a myth that only Southerners like it."
Left the Fish Commission in 1888 to become an assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. [45] 3 Marshall McDonald (1835–1895) 1888–1895 Engineer, geologist, mineralogist, fish culturist, and fisheries scientist. Inventor of the fish ladder and of a number of fish-hatching apparatuses. Worked for the Fish Commission from 1879 to 1895.
John Emil Halver (April 21, 1922 – October 24, 2012) [1] was an American biochemist known for his research into the nutritional biochemistry, physiology, and cellular biochemistry of fish. [2] His work on the nutritional needs of fish led to modern methods of fish farming and fish feed production around the world. [ 3 ]
Raceways at a West Virginia fish hatchery Flow-through raceway system in Masis, Armenia. A raceway, also known as a flow-through system, is an artificial channel used in aquaculture to culture aquatic organisms. Raceway systems are among the earliest methods used for inland aquaculture.
The study of fish dates from the Upper Paleolithic Revolution (with the advent of "high culture"). The science of ichthyology was developed in several interconnecting epochs, each with various significant advancements. The study of fish receives its origins from humans' desire to feed, clothe, and equip themselves with useful implements.