Aquaculture Research Paper 
Aquaculture / Fish-Farming
Magnus Gjerde Petersen
BIO 100
Dr. Veronica Ardi-Pastores
April 30, y
Aquaculture, also known as fish farming, is an important industry that has seen tremendous growth during the last decade. The fish farming industry can have considerable environmental effects on its surrounding ecosystems, therefore; issues such as, escaped fish and salmon lice will be analyzed. A brief history of the industry and its origin will be given, while also looking at its implementation and economic significance in Norway. This research paper is the result of an assignment given by Dr. Veronica Ardi-Pastores on March 3, 2014 in Bio 100, National University.
The origins of aquaculture may stretch back as early as 6000 BC, when the indigenous Gunditjmara people in Victoria, Australia may have raised eels. The theory gives supporting claims to their development of about 100 square kilometers of volcanic floodplains into a complex system of channels, where they would capture the eels using woven traps. There is also a more supported theory of operating aquaculture in China, dating back 2000 BC. Early Chinese aquaculturiests feed fish that had been trapped in the lakes, due to river floods, with nymphs and silkworms to preserve them for later consumption (Milestones in Aquaculture, Salleh, 2014).
Fish farming is considered the commercial raising of fish in a controlled environment, usually to serve as food and extract fish protein. The increased demand seen worldwide for fish has resulted in prosperous earnings for the fish farming industry. It has become an alternate source to fishing in the wild, and its economic potential has manifested significant amounts of investments. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the total amount of imports of aquaculture products on a global basis was 129.805.068 USD in 2011. The total amount of exports on a global basis that same year came to 129.595.941 USD,
Magnus Gjerde Petersen
BIO 100
Dr. Veronica Ardi-Pastores
April 30, y
Aquaculture, also known as fish farming, is an important industry that has seen tremendous growth during the last decade. The fish farming industry can have considerable environmental effects on its surrounding ecosystems, therefore; issues such as, escaped fish and salmon lice will be analyzed. A brief history of the industry and its origin will be given, while also looking at its implementation and economic significance in Norway. This research paper is the result of an assignment given by Dr. Veronica Ardi-Pastores on March 3, 2014 in Bio 100, National University.
The origins of aquaculture may stretch back as early as 6000 BC, when the indigenous Gunditjmara people in Victoria, Australia may have raised eels. The theory gives supporting claims to their development of about 100 square kilometers of volcanic floodplains into a complex system of channels, where they would capture the eels using woven traps. There is also a more supported theory of operating aquaculture in China, dating back 2000 BC. Early Chinese aquaculturiests feed fish that had been trapped in the lakes, due to river floods, with nymphs and silkworms to preserve them for later consumption (Milestones in Aquaculture, Salleh, 2014).
Fish farming is considered the commercial raising of fish in a controlled environment, usually to serve as food and extract fish protein. The increased demand seen worldwide for fish has resulted in prosperous earnings for the fish farming industry. It has become an alternate source to fishing in the wild, and its economic potential has manifested significant amounts of investments. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the total amount of imports of aquaculture products on a global basis was 129.805.068 USD in 2011. The total amount of exports on a global basis that same year came to 129.595.941 USD,