Aquaculture: Principles and Practice

Aquaculture refers to the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, aquatic plants, algae and other organisms. It primarily deals with the cultivation of freshwater and saltwater populations of these organisms. There are various kinds of aquaculture such as fish farming, algaculture, oyster farming, shrimp farming and mariculture. Fish farming is one of the most widely practiced farming in aquaculture that involves raising fish for commercial purposes. The most important specie...