The History of Aquaculture

242 Pages·2011·7.46 MB·English

by  Colin Nash

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The History of Aquaculture
The History of Aquaculture Colin E. Nash
© 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-813-82163-4

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The History of
Aquaculture
Colin E. Nash
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Dedication
I would like to dedicate this book to the memory of Fred Hickling, who first
introducedmetothehistoryofaquaculturemanyyearsago.
Andtomywife,PatriciaBainbridgeNash,forpatientlysharingandsupporting
mylife’sworkinthemodernaquaculturefield.

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Contents
Abstract ix
Acknowledgments xi
1 FishandShellfishasFood 1
2 SeedsinAntiquity(2000bctoad500) 11
3 SubsistenceFarmingthroughtheMiddleAges(500–1450) 25
4 TheSlowDawnofScience(1450–1900) 39
5 TheRootsofModernAquaculture(1750–1880) 51
6 FarmingtheSea(1880–1920) 69
7 FiftyLostYears(1900–1950) 79
8 AquacultureinaWorldatWar(1935–1945) 95
9 PostwarPioneering(1950–1970) 103
10 UncontrolledExpansion(1965–1975) 127
11 TheRiseoftheInstitutions(1970–1980) 149
12 BuildingGlobalCapacity(1980–2000) 171
13 ModernTimes(twenty-firstcentury) 185
Appendix 197
EndNote 211
Index 213

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Abstract
Fromtheearliestprehistory,seafoodwasanaccessibleandnutritiousresource.
Starting with hunting and gathering fresh and saltwater life, husbandry was
recordedinChinaasearlyas4000yearsago.
Via a lifetime of personal research and experience, the author relates an
intriguing story of the development of culturing fish, seaweeds, shellfish, and
otherorganisms.TheHistoryofAquaculturedrawsontheliteratureandrecords
spanning millennia. Aquaculture is traced from its origins in China via Roman
vivariae piscine (fish ponds) through technical and scientific advances to the
twentiethcentury’sexpansivegrowthandglobalization.
Today, aquaculture complements wild-catch fishing as a sustainable source
of high-quality protein. Although aquaculture in the twenty-first century starts
with many new species under culture, it faces many challenges. The future of
global aquaculture will depend not on further technological development, but
ratheronpublicdemand,markets,andcommitmenttoitsfurthersuccess.