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What is Aquaculture

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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...
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Fish farming 101: do you know the best performing fish species generating billions of dollars each year? Find out now!

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salmon sales in 2018 was valued at 13.75 billion euros What is Fish Farming Fish farming is a major type of aquaculture, and it is the farming of freshwater and saltwater fish in commercial tanks and enclosures such as ponds, for food or/and commercial purposes. Pisciculture is defined as the rearing, breeding and transplantation of fish by artificial means for food. Many fish farming operations are grouped under pisciculture, while other fish farming operations are grouped under mariculture. Fish farming just like the name implies, involves raising fish at a subsistence level or in commercial tanks and enclosures. Fish farming is grouped into 3 categories namely: 1. Freshwater 2. Brackish water 3. Saltwater. freshwater fish Freshwater fish farming: Freshwater fish farming refers to rearing and breeding freshwater fish species for economic purposes using equipments such as ponds, reservoirs, and tanks. Natural resources commonly used in freshwater aquaculture includes lakes, rivers...
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Common fish diseases and their cure: how to detect fish diseases before it hits you hard.

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antibiotics and antibacterial drugs are important in a fish farm On our journey to achieving success in our fish farm, we find that sometimes farmers record huge loses as a result of disease outbreak in fish farms. Fish farming, like all other animal husbandry face challenges caused by various diseases causing parasites and bacteria. While it is hard to remedy such outbreak, the best practice in aquaculture is to prevent diseases before they occur. In other words, prevention is better than cure. Many factors can affect the health of a fish and these factors varies, One thing that all fish farmers alike must all know and come to understand, is that fishes in the water never live apart from bacteria and parasites, infact they all live together in the same environment. Some bacteria in aquaculture are labeled opportunistic; and this is because under normal circumstances, these bacterial live in the same environment as the fishes and interact with them without any harm to the fish. Tur...
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