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Aquaculture

Farming fish and other aquatic animals

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Plain meaning
Farming fish and other aquatic animals
How to use it
Plan fish farming around year-round water, feed and a nearby fresh-fish market.
South African benchmark
South African marine farms are about 67% in the Western Cape, as Article 84 records.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M13-U1, C1 Lesson 1.1
Calculate it
T-M13-01 Enterprise Budget
Library sources
LIB-A022, LIB-A084, LIB-A085, LIB-A086, LIB-P-Aquaculture
See also
Fingerling, Cage farming
Aquaculture: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedAquaculture: how the business runsSold bykg of fish per cubic metre1Stock fingerlings2Feed3Grow4Harvest5Sell fresh or frozenZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Aquaculture Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M13 Aquaculture.