What is the difference between aquaculture and fisheries?

October 16, 2011 | Filed under: Aquaponics | Posted by:

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November’s Bytemarks Lunch visit to the McKinley aquaculture fish farm.

Question by Lan: What is the difference between aquaculture and fisheries?
Any help much appreciated, thank you.

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One Response to What is the difference between aquaculture and fisheries?

  1. In aquaculture, you raise the fishes, much the same way as you raise other livestock. Fisheries includes aquaculture plus fishing from wild stock.

    oikos
    October 16, 2011 at 9:05 am
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