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Aquaculture: Farming Our Food in Water

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Life Below Water

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Synonyms

Mariculture; Pisciculture

Definition

Due to the diversity and complexity of processes and organisms involved in the practice of aquaculture, a comprehensive definition has always been difficult to achieve. At first, a clear distinction from capture fisheries needed to be drawn; however, the degree of intervention over the farming/culture process and the issue of the ownership of the stock have always made whatever definition a work in process. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), aquaculture has been defined as “the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming implies some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding and protection from predators. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated, the planning, development and operation of aquaculture systems, sites, facilities and practices, and...

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  1. University of Coimbra, Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, Coimbra, Portugal

    Mariana Palma & Ivan Viegas

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  1. European School of Sustainability Science and Research, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. Liverpool Business School, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK

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  1. Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

    Saleem Mustafa

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Palma, M., Viegas, I. (2022). Aquaculture: Farming Our Food in Water. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A.M., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Life Below Water. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98536-7_2

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