The history of aquaculture / / Colin E. Nash

• Autore: Nash Colin E
• Pubblicazione: Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 639.809
• Soggetto topico: Aquaculture - History; History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The History of Aquaculture; Contents; Abstract; Acknowledgments; 1 Fish and Shellfish as Food; 2 Seeds in Antiquity (2000 bc to ad 500); 3 Subsistence Farming through the Middle Ages (500-1450); 4 The Slow Dawn of Science (1450-1900); 5 The Roots of Modern Aquaculture (1750-1880); 6 Farming the Sea (1880-1920); 7 Fifty Lost Years (1900-1950); 8 Aquaculture in a World at War (1935-1945); 9 Postwar Pioneering (1950-1970); 10 Uncontrolled Expansion (1965-1975); 11 The Rise of the Institutions (1970-1980); 12 Building Global Capacity (1980-2000); 13 Modern Times (twenty-first century); Appendix ; End NoteIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: Aquaculture has become of the fastest growing segments of agriculture around the world, but until recently many people have been unaware of its existence. The practice of raising fish is centuries old with a rich history of techniques and scientific advances. The History of Aquaculture traces the development of fish farming from its ancient roots to the technologically advanced methods of today. The History of Aquaculture is a comprehensive history of captive fish production from its small scale prehistoric roots through to the large-scale industrialized practices of today. Thi
• Titolo autorizzato: History of aquaculture
• ISBN: 0-470-95886-3; 1-282-88922-2; 9786612889226; 0-470-95897-9; 0-470-95893-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910877166903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: United States Aquaculture Society series