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LEARNING ACTIVITY-4

AIM

 You will recognize aquaculture methods.

RESEARCH

 Research running water system aquaculture.

 Research closed circuit aquaculture.

3. Aquaculture methods

The amount of world aquaculture production was equalized with the production of fishing in
2012 and increased with an accelerating trend in the following years. It is known that

aquaculture, which dates back to BC, is an important production method for the healthy

nutrition of the world population, which is thought to exceed 9 billion by 2050. So much that
the World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has doubled it annually. Therefore,

researches are continuing to develop environmentally friendly and sustainable methods, that
use less water and land, and to obtain more products per unit area.

In Turkey, there is a proportional increase in the amount of aquaculture with the world. The

aquaculture production, which was 118 thousand tons in 2005, exceeded 240 thousand tons in
2015, and it ranked first among the European Union member and candidate countries in fish

production. The production target of aquaculture, which has increased with an increasing

momentum in our country, is 500 thousand tons for 2023. Fisheries, the only animal
originated food we can export to Europe is one of the important professions of today.

In our country, trout production in inland waters and sea bream, sea bass and white perch fish

farming are carried out. Also, production of carp and tilapia species is increasing in inland
waters.

Production in land aquaculture for freshwater and marine products is performed by 2 basic

methods.

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