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*America had very little aquaculture use until late in the 20th century, but of the small amount used it was California that raised and harvested wild kelp, eventually using it as a wartime resource during WWI. | *America had very little aquaculture use until late in the 20th century, but of the small amount used it was California that raised and harvested wild kelp, eventually using it as a wartime resource during WWI. | ||
*In the 1960's the price of fish started to rise and the market for aquaculture was truely discovered, it now exists in huge scale operations. | *In the 1960's the price of fish started to rise and the market for aquaculture was truely discovered, it now exists in huge scale operations. | ||
===Future of Aquaculture=== | |||
*About 97% of species used in aquaculture projects today have been domesticated since the start of the 20th century. | |||
*Over 110 species have been domesticated in the last century alone. | |||
*Overexploitation of marine species has had influence on trying to domesticate and save these species from serious population fluxuations. | |||
*Every species need different conditions and requirements to become domesticated, and major funding and projects are operational now in order to help these species and the market surrounding them thrive. | |||
Revision as of 02:07, 1 April 2008
History of Aquaculture
- The original users of aquaculture were the Japanese and the Hawaiians.
- Both used similar techniques around the turn of the 20th century.
- America had very little aquaculture use until late in the 20th century, but of the small amount used it was California that raised and harvested wild kelp, eventually using it as a wartime resource during WWI.
- In the 1960's the price of fish started to rise and the market for aquaculture was truely discovered, it now exists in huge scale operations.
Future of Aquaculture
- About 97% of species used in aquaculture projects today have been domesticated since the start of the 20th century.
- Over 110 species have been domesticated in the last century alone.
- Overexploitation of marine species has had influence on trying to domesticate and save these species from serious population fluxuations.
- Every species need different conditions and requirements to become domesticated, and major funding and projects are operational now in order to help these species and the market surrounding them thrive.