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DEFINITION
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The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants with some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated.
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For statistical purposes, aquatic organisms which are harvested by an individual or corporate body which has owned them throughout their rearing period contribute to aquaculture. |
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FAO/FIDI (1989): Aquaculture production (1984-1986). FAO Fisheries Circular, 815. Rome, FAO. 106p.;
FAO (1997a): Aquaculture development. FAO Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries, 5: 40 p.
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