Aquaculture - Timeline

Cultivation of carp begins in China using freshwater ponds and rice paddies.

Hieroglyphics indicate tilapia were being farmed in Egypt.

Oyster farming begins in japan

first reference to clam culture appears in chinese literature

marine finfish aquaculture begins in Indonesia when young milkfish are trapped in coastal ponds at high tide

seaweed farming begins in japan

fish farming in its modern form begins when a German farmer successfully gathers trout eggs fertilizes them and then grows the hatched fish to maturity.

oystar farming is further developed by the french by the french by placing strings of tiles in water for oyster larvae to settle on and then transplantng the larvae to protected beds

an Ohio trout farm becomes the first in u.s. to artificially fertilize it fish eggs.

aquaculturists experiment with lobster and winter flounder aquaculture in new england

the first commercial trout farm in u.s. established in Idaho.

state and federal hatcheries in u.s. develop channel catfish farming techniques.

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