Aquaculture is currently one of the fastest growing food production
systems in the world. Most of the global aquaculture output is
produced in developing countries and significantly in low-income
food-deficit countries. As defined by the united food nations Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO), aquaculture is the "farming of
aquatic organisms including fish, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic
plants. With stagnating yields from many capture fisheries and
increasing demand for fish and fishery products, expectations for
aquaculture to increase its contribution to the world's production of
aquatic food are very high, and there is also hope that aquaculture
will continue to strengthen its role in contributing to food security
and poverty alleviation in many developing countries. However, it is
also recognized that aquaculture encompasses a very wide range of
different aquatic farming practices with regard to species (including
seaweeds, molluscs, crustaceans, fish and other aquatic species
groups), environments and systems utilized, with very distinct
resource use patterns involved, offering a wide range of options for
diversification of avenues for enhanced food production and income
generation in many rural and peri-urban areas.
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