Aquaculture
Raising fish, shellfish and water plants in ponds, tanks or cages; it now supplies more than half of aquatic animals eaten.
Also: fish farming
Aquaculture is farming in water. Fish are raised in earthen ponds, raceways, tanks and floating cages in lakes and the sea. People have farmed carp in China for well over 2,000 years. Since the 1980s farming has grown fast while wild catches levelled off, and in 2022, the Food and Agriculture Organization reported, aquaculture produced more aquatic animals than capture fisheries for the first time. China is by far the largest producer and India the second. The main farmed fish are carps, tilapia, catfish, salmon and milkfish. Pollution, disease, escapes and the use of wild fish for feed are the main concerns.