Aquaculture and the Environment A Shared Destiny

• Other Authors: Sladonja, Barbara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2011
• Subjects: Aquaculture & fish-farming: practice & techniques
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Aquaculture is the art, science and business of cultivating aquatic animals and plants in fresh or marine waters. It is the extension of fishing, resulted from the fact that harvests of wild sources of fish and other aquatic species cannot keep up with the increased demand of a growing human populat...