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01/23/2009
Preliminary terms/definitions:
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Capture fishery – harvesting of fish or other aquatic organisms thatnature has largely produced – usually related to commercial fishing(fishing for profit)
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Sport fishery – harvesting of fish or other aquatic organisms forprimarily recreational purposes.
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Culture fishery (a.k.a. aquaculture – a farmer harvests fish or otheraquatic organism (including shellfish aquatic plants) – that he/shestocked into a pond, cage, indoor recirculation tank, raceway, etcand a varying degrees managed their growth and survival often tobe sold for profit. But also subsistence or to support sportfishing.
Some familiar examples of aquaculture
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Channel catfish reared in ponds to be sold as food fish.
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Atlantic salmon reared in nearshore marine net pens as food fish.
 
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Rainbow trout reared in raceways for stocking purposes re/sportfisheries
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Golden shiners and fathead minnows reared in ponds to sell as baitdealers
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Largemouth bass or bluegill reared in ponds for stocking primateand recreational ponds / small impoundmentsSome less familiar examples of aquaculture
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Rearing marine flatflish in anchored, offshore marine nets as foodfish (“open-ocean aquaculture”)
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Culturing redear sunfish in ponds for snail control
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Paddlefish ranching in small to mid-size impoundments (KY, MO,Asia) for caviar / meat market
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Ultra-extensive “family ponds” in Nepal and other 3
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worldcountries for subsistence
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Integrated aquaculture systems with carps (agriculture wastesplaced in pounds to stimulate fish production)
Complete vs. Incomplete Aquaculture Operations
 
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Complete: producer deals with all life stages / aspects of rearing agiven culture species: spawning – egg hatching – larval stage –fingerlings – adult stage; may even produce own feeds (e.g., Kahr’spaddlefish culture operation)
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Incomplete: producer deals only with a few life stages of a species– e.g. Mo sunfish producers often purchase 1-2” fingerlings, pondrear to 3-6” (“grow-out”) then sell or e.g. producer deals only withfingerlings and sells to others for grow-out
Common expressions/subcategoies of aquaculture
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Mariculture – any type of aquatic animal/plant aquaculture in ocean
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Brakish water aquaculture – in coastal areas
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Fish culture – rearing finned fish
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Shellfish culture – oysters, clams, mussels
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Crustacean culture – crayfish, shrimp, lobsters, crabs
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Marine farming – in ocean
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Open-ocean aquaculture – offshore marine farming
Warmwater and Coldwater Aquaculture
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