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The history of aquaculture / Colin E. Nash.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 227 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780470958971
  • 0470958979
  • 9780470958933
  • 0470958936
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: History of aquaculture.DDC classification:
  • 639.809 22
LOC classification:
  • SH21 .N37 2011
Online resources:
Contents:
Front Matter -- Fish and Shellfish as Food -- Seeds in Antiquity (2000 to 500) -- Subsistence Farming through the Middle Ages (500₆1450) -- The Slow Dawn of Science (1450₆1900) -- The Roots of Modern Aquaculture (1750₆1880) -- Farming the Sea (1880₆1920) -- Fifty Lost Years (1900₆1950) -- Aquaculture in a World at War (1935₆1945) -- Postwar Pioneering (1950₆1970) -- Uncontrolled Expansion (1965₆1975) -- The Rise of the Institutions (1970₆1980) -- Building Global Capacity (1980₆2000) -- Modern Times (Twenty-First Century) -- Appendix -- End Note -- Index.
Fish and shellfish as food -- Seeds in antiquity (2000 BC to AD 500) -- Subsistence farming through the Middle Ages (500-1450) -- The slow dawn of science (1450-1900) -- The roots of modern aquaculture (1750-1880) -- Farming the sea (1880-1920) -- Fifty lost years (1900-1950) -- Aquaculture in a world at war (1935-1945) -- Postwar pioneering (1950-1970) -- Uncontrolled expansion (1965-1975) -- The rise of the institutions (1970-1980) -- Building global capacity (1980-2000) -- Modern times (twenty-first century).
Summary: Aquaculture has become of the fastest growing segments of agriculture around the world, but until recently many people have been unaware of its existence. The practice of raising fish is centuries old with a rich history of techniques and scientific advances. The History of Aquaculture traces the development of fish farming from its ancient roots to the technologically advanced methods of today. The History of Aquaculture is a comprehensive history of captive fish production from its small scale prehistoric roots through to the large-scale industrialized practices of today. Thirteen chapters t.
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Front Matter -- Fish and Shellfish as Food -- Seeds in Antiquity (2000 to 500) -- Subsistence Farming through the Middle Ages (500₆1450) -- The Slow Dawn of Science (1450₆1900) -- The Roots of Modern Aquaculture (1750₆1880) -- Farming the Sea (1880₆1920) -- Fifty Lost Years (1900₆1950) -- Aquaculture in a World at War (1935₆1945) -- Postwar Pioneering (1950₆1970) -- Uncontrolled Expansion (1965₆1975) -- The Rise of the Institutions (1970₆1980) -- Building Global Capacity (1980₆2000) -- Modern Times (Twenty-First Century) -- Appendix -- End Note -- Index.

U.S. Aquaculture Society and Pacific Aquaculture Caucus's logos on cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Suggested reading": pages 207-209.

Fish and shellfish as food -- Seeds in antiquity (2000 BC to AD 500) -- Subsistence farming through the Middle Ages (500-1450) -- The slow dawn of science (1450-1900) -- The roots of modern aquaculture (1750-1880) -- Farming the sea (1880-1920) -- Fifty lost years (1900-1950) -- Aquaculture in a world at war (1935-1945) -- Postwar pioneering (1950-1970) -- Uncontrolled expansion (1965-1975) -- The rise of the institutions (1970-1980) -- Building global capacity (1980-2000) -- Modern times (twenty-first century).

Aquaculture has become of the fastest growing segments of agriculture around the world, but until recently many people have been unaware of its existence. The practice of raising fish is centuries old with a rich history of techniques and scientific advances. The History of Aquaculture traces the development of fish farming from its ancient roots to the technologically advanced methods of today. The History of Aquaculture is a comprehensive history of captive fish production from its small scale prehistoric roots through to the large-scale industrialized practices of today. Thirteen chapters t.

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