The History of Aquaculture

Cover......Page 1
The History of
Aquaculture......Page 4
ISBN 9780813821634......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Abstract......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
1.1 Secrets of the kitchen middens......Page 16
1.2 Processing fish and shellfish......Page 18
1.3 The importance of salt......Page 20
1.4 Seafood and its nutritional value......Page 21
1.5 Dangers of the diet......Page 22
1.6 Into history......Page 24
2.1 Ancient origins of fish culture in Asia......Page 26
2.2 The vivariae piscinae of the Great Cultures......Page 29
Bibliography......Page 37
3.1 Introduction......Page 40
3.2 “Stew ponds” of the great estates in Europe......Page 41
3.3 The tambaks of Southeast Asia......Page 44
3.4 Ancient fishponds of the island societies......Page 49
3.5 The floodplain farms of South America......Page 51
Bibliography......Page 52
4.1 Inquiring minds of the Renaissance......Page 54
4.2 The Industrial Revolution in Europe and the mechanization
of the fishing fleets......Page 60
4.3 The demise of the inland fisheries......Page 62
Bibliography......Page 64
5.1 The farming of seaweeds in Asia......Page 66
5.2 New developments in the Old World......Page 68
5.3 Advances in the New World......Page 77
Bibliography......Page 82
6.1 The International Fishery Exhibition of London......Page 84
6.2 Marine fish culture and the coastal hatcheries......Page 85
6.3 Advances in fish rearing techniques......Page 90
6.4 Propagation and larval releases......Page 92
7.1 Introduction......Page 94
7.2 The influence of the colonial empires......Page 95
7.3 The impact of Japan in Asia......Page 98
7.4 Conservation and compensation measures, North America......Page 105
7.5 From small seeds grow......Page 108
8.1 Introduction......Page 110
8.2 Fertilization of a Scottish sea loch......Page 111
8.3 Pond construction in Africa......Page 112
8.4 Farming the arid lands of the Middle East......Page 113
8.5 Fish and fission......Page 114
8.6 State-operated fish farming in Eastern Europe......Page 115
9.1 The creation of the United Nations Food and
Agriculture Organization......Page 118
9.2 Aquaculture in international development......Page 120
9.3 New scientific discoveries in Japan......Page 123
9.4 Hatchery propagation of oysters and marine fish in Europe......Page 127
9.5 The ubiquitous brine shrimp......Page 131
9.6 Fish and shellfish farming in North America......Page 132
9.7 The farming of salmonids in salt water......Page 135
9.8 Freshwater prawns and gray mullet in the Pacific......Page 139
Bibliography......Page 141
10.1 Introduction......Page 142
10.2 Help from other new technologies......Page 143
10.3 The globalization of marine shrimp farming......Page 145
10.4 Salmon farming in North America......Page 151
10.5 Salmon in the Southern Hemisphere......Page 154
10.6 Atlantic salmon farming in Europe......Page 156
10.7 Private ocean ranching in North America......Page 158
10.8 Salmon ranching in Japan......Page 159
10.9 The big interests of “big business”......Page 160
11.1 Introduction......Page 164
11.2 The voluntary services......Page 165
11.3 The international donor community......Page 167
11.4 Southeast Asia Aquaculture Development Center......Page 169
11.5 The World Mariculture Society......Page 171
11.6 The International Centre for Living AquaticResources Management......Page 173
11.7 Kyoto and the United Nations Development Programme/Foodand Agriculture Organization Global Program......Page 175
11.8 A plethora of experts......Page 177
11.9 The printed word......Page 180
11.10 Aquaculture insurance......Page 183
Bibliography......Page 184
12.1 Progress and problems of the eighties......Page 186
12.2 Bigger is better?......Page 188
12.3 Numbers cannot lie......Page 192
12.4 More species under culture......Page 193
12.5 The reality of market forces......Page 197
Bibliography......Page 198
13.1 Introduction......Page 200
13.2 An industry here to stay......Page 201
13.3 A rising storm of public opinion......Page 204
13.4 Defiance and indifference, and the changing faceof agriculture and fisheries......Page 205
13.5 How will it all end?......Page 208
Abbreviations......Page 212
Glossary......Page 213
Species lists......Page 218
Suggested Reading......Page 222
End Note......Page 226
Index......Page 228