Aquaculture

22.11.2024

Aquaculture

Why in the news?

          The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has offered its technical expertise and knowledge to deal with the impact of climate change on the country’s aquaculture and the fishing community engaged with it.

About Aquaculture:

• It is the propagation and husbandry of aquatic plants, animals, and other organisms for commercial, recreational and scientific purposes.
• It is an approximate aquatic equivalent to agriculture—that is, the rearing of certain marine and freshwater organisms to supplement the natural supply.
• This includes production for supplying other aquaculture operations, for providing food and industrial products, for stocking sport fisheries, for supplying aquatic bait animals, for stocking fee-fishing operations, for providing aquatic organisms for ornamental purposes, and for supplying feedstocks to the pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
• There are two main types of aquacultures: marine and freshwater.
• It is generally practiced in coastal ocean waters, freshwater ponds and rivers, and even on land in tanks.
• It is one of the fastest-growing forms of food production in the world.
• Globally, aquaculture already supplies more than half of all seafood consumed by humans.
• More than 550 aquatic species are farmed in aquaculture.
• The top fish species include carp, catfish, salmon, and tilapia; commonly farmed shellfish include shrimp, oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops.
• Newer to marine farming are various species of seaweed, which total 27% of annual global aquaculture tonnage.
• Major Producers:

○China is at the top of the global aquaculture production, producing nearly 60% of farmed seafood.

○Other leaders include Indonesia, India and Vietnam.

                                                             Source: The Hindu

Consider the following statements regarding Aquaculture:

1. It is the propagation and husbandry of aquatic plants, animals, and other organisms for commercial, recreational, and scientific purposes.

2. Globally, aquaculture already supplies more than half of all seafood consumed by humans.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A)1 only

B)2 only

C)Both 1 and 2

D)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer C