AQUACULTURE
Aquaculture – also known as aquafarming, it is the controlled growth of aquatic species. Aquaculture is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish.
TYPES OF AQUACULTURE
Pisciculture – aquaculture practice involving finned fish.
Extensive aquaculture – aquaculture dependent on the local natural setting, such as a pond or coastal sea area.
Intensive aquaculture – aquaculture controlled through human engineered means, such as managing water quality and sources of food.
Fish farm – locations used to grow populations of aquatic organisms, primarily fish.
Fish Hatchery – one kind of a fish farm, managed with the intent of resupplying native wild populations in natural environments.
Ornamental fish – are small fish, such as koi, which are typically grown to be kept in aquariums or small landscape ponds.
Game fish – Fish, such as trout, raised to become replenishment stock for natural sport fisheries.
Wild fishing harvest – the commercial and personal fishing consumption in a specific area and over a specific time frame.
FISH FARMING
Water Quality – the characteristics of water, such as water temperature and contamination, which define its ability to sustain life and its purity from chemicals.
Culture tanks – Artificial holding areas used to rear fish farm stocks.
Fish husbandry – the breeding and rearing of fish for a variety of reasons.
Anadromous fish – migratory fish that live in salt water but breed in fresh water.
Catadromous fish – migratory fish that live in fresh water but breed in salt water.
Amphidromous fish – migratory fish that live in both fresh and salt water, independent of breeding.
Potamodromous fish – migratory fish that move within fresh water only.
Oceanodromous fish – migratory fish that move within salt water only.
Genotyping – determining the genetic makeup of a fish or stock or the purpose of managing the efficiency of aquaculture production.
In vitro fertilization – artificially fertilizing fish eggs in a laboratory setting.
Fish meal – commercially processed food source used in fish farming as a source of protein for the fish stock.
Fry – Development stage of fish immediately after the larvae stage, at an age of less than a week.
Fingerling – Development stage of fish following the fry stage and continuing into the first three to four months of life.
Yearling – Development stage of fish following the fingerling stage and lasting until approximately one year of age.
Brood stock – fish of any particular species which are raised for reproduction purposes.
Fish kill – a description of the number of fish stock to die in a specific amount of time.
Pond acreage – area committed to extensive aquaculture holdings at a fish farm or company.
ENVIROMENTAL
Overfishing – detrimental practice of removing more of a natural aquatic species than what natural reproduction can support.
Contaminants – Both natural and artificial materials not typically found or found in unusually high concentrations which can be detrimental to the health of wild or farmed aquatic species
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