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Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture [1]), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lotus).
Aquaculture is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on aquaculture, published by Elsevier. [1] It was established in 1972. [ citation needed ] The journal Annual Review of Fish Diseases , separately published from 1991 to 1996, was incorporated into Aquaculture following the cessation of its separate publication. [ 2 ]
Extensive aquaculture is the other form of fish farming. Extensive aquaculture is more basic than intensive aquaculture in that less effort is put into the husbandry of the fish. Extensive aquaculture is done in the ocean, natural and man-made lakes, bays, rivers, and Fiords.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.082, ranking it 24th out of 55 journals in the category "Fisheries". [2] Starting as Fisheries Management in 1970, the journal changed names in 1985 to Aquaculture and Fisheries Management and to Aquaculture Research in 1995.
The term was coined in the Blue Transformation Strategy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Blue Foods are therefore linked to the blue economy principle. Blue food is the first internationally applicable term which, by definition, includes animal and plant foods from the sea and freshwater.
Aquaculture technology is varied with design and development requiring knowledge of mechanical, biological and environmental systems along with material engineering and instrumentation. [4] Furthermore, engineering techniques often involve solutions borrowed from wastewater treatment, fisheries, and traditional agriculture.
Most organisms forage, hunt, or use photosynthesis to get food, but around 50 million years ago — long before humans were around — ants began cultivating and growing their own food.
Aquaponics is a food production system that couples aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish, crayfish, snails or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically grown plants.