Aqulculture: contributing to America's food supply

Extract: The U.S. aquaculture industry primarily produces fish and shellfish for human consumption, including catfish, trout, and salmon, freshwater prawns, oysers, clams, and crayfish. In 1982, U.S. aquaculture accounted for almost 400 million pounds or about 11 percent of total edible fish and she...

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Published inNational food review Vol. 26; pp. 5 - 7
Main Authors Stucker, T.A, Lipton, K.L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 1984
Subjects
america
aquaculture
consumption per caput
crop production
development policy
economic development
factors of production
food supply
laws and regulations
quality
yields
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Summary:Extract: The U.S. aquaculture industry primarily produces fish and shellfish for human consumption, including catfish, trout, and salmon, freshwater prawns, oysers, clams, and crayfish. In 1982, U.S. aquaculture accounted for almost 400 million pounds or about 11 percent of total edible fish and shellfish production in this country, and was valued at about $400 million. Output was 208 percent greater than the 130 million pounds grown in 1975.
ISSN:0164-3428
2169-8295