Freshwater aquaculture in PR China: trends and prospects
It is acknowledged that China is the mainstay in global aquaculture, contributing for example, 65.7 (of 76 321 310 t) and 63.6 (of 38 994 913 t) per cent to total global and freshwater aquaculture production, respectively, in 2011, significantly increasing the corresponding contributions from 36....
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Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
2025
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| Online Access: | http://umt-ir.umt.edu.my:8080/handle/123456789/21643 |
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| Summary: | It is acknowledged that China is the mainstay in global aquaculture, contributing
for example, 65.7 (of 76 321 310 t) and 63.6 (of 38 994 913 t) per cent to total
global and freshwater aquaculture production, respectively, in 2011, significantly
increasing the corresponding contributions from 36.1 and 38.5% of the global
total (7 359 881 t) and global freshwater (2 342 706 t) aquaculture production
in 1980. Overall, aquaculture production in China in turn has enabled to reduce
our dependence on food fish supplies from a hunted to a farmed origin, like all
the other staples. However, there are very few accounts on different subsectors of
aquaculture in China and even less on variations in aquaculture developments
within the country. This review attempts to trace the development trends in
inland aquaculture in China in time and space and includes aspects on production,
types and modes of culture, species cultured and marketing. It is evident that
though inland aquaculture is practised in most provinces of China, the great bulk
of it occurs in the area that lies approximately between 110 and 120 °E and 19
and 35 °N, in the Yangtze and Pearl River basins. The review also addresses
emerging issues on freshwater aquaculture and possible ways of achieving sustainability
in the long term. |
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