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Photo credit: https://pixabay.com Aquaculture Systems Majorly Practiced In this article I will be analyzing the two main fish farming systems namely extensive and intensive fish farming systems and in the process of analyzing I will look at the peculiarities which make one different from the other. I have written other articles where I explained what aquaculture is and I also have an article written about fish farming , so for those who may be wondering what aquaculture or fish farming really is, please read my other articles on the subject matter. So now without wasting more time let us begin. The major fish farming systems in practice are extensive and intensive fish farming systems, although some may identify a third which is semi intensive. This semi intensive fish farming system is somewhere in between extensive and intensive fish farming and sometimes may combine elements from both systems.  However the wildly practiced and accepted systems by professi...

Photo credit:  pixabay.com Aquaculture 101 Aquaculture is simply the farming of fish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae and other aquatic organisms. Aquaculture includes cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish. It is less commonly spelled aquiculture and is also known as aqua farming. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aquaculture “is understood to mean the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming also implies some form of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated’’. It is reported that in 2014 the global aquaculture industry supplied over one half of the fish and shellfish that was/is still direct...