Aquaculture

Here's a brief guide to doing research for Culinary's aquaculture assignment.

First, you might want to get started with some general background information on aquaculture. For this I recommend the Wikipedia's article 'Aquaculture' (a Class B article), as well as a chapter in Marion Nestle's book What to Eat, 'The Fish-Farming Dilemma', pp. 203-217. Nestle's book is on Reserve - ask for it at the Circulation desk. (Nestle also writes an excellent blog under the same title as her recent book, Food Politics). The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, available online on eNotes.com, has an article titled 'Aquaculture' which includes a discussion of the effect of different types of feed on farmed fish flavor.

Aquaculture is of interest to government agencies, industry groups, and environmental organizations. Government agencies at the federal and state level work to promote economic development and provide regulatory oversight of the aquaculture industry; as a consequence, these agencies' websites often provide a great deal of information. See below for links (links in bold are particularly useful). Keep in mind that aquaculture is generally divided into two types: marine and freshwater; information resources on aquaculture often cover one type or the other. Of course, salmon are anadromous, so they can wind up in either category...

For more in-depth or focused information, try searching for news and trade journal articles on the topic. Below are links to two regional publications: the News and Observer and the Triangle Business Journal. A simple search on 'aquaculture' will return results. When searching the Proquest and Electric Library databases, which have worldwide coverage, you may wish to include the term 'north carolina' (e.g., 'aquaculture and north carolina') in order to limit your search results. Other possible search terms include 'fish farming' and 'blue revolution'.

Background / Reference Sources

• The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: Aquaculture

• What to Eat / Marion Nestle
  Reserve
  RA 784 .N46 2006

• Wikipedia: Aquaculture

Search for Articles

• Electric Library Database (login and password required for off-campus access)
• News and Observer
• Proquest Database (login and password required for off-campus access)
• Triangle Business Journal

Government and Industry Web Sites: North Carolina

• Aquaculture in North Carolina (NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services)
• NC Aquaculture Development Conference
• NC Department of Environmental and Natural Resources - Division of Marine Fisheries
• NC Seafood Directory (NC Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services)
• NC Sea Grant
• NC State Aquaculture Extension

Government and Industry Web Sites: National / International

• 2005 Census of Aquaculture (USDA)
• Aquaculture Network Information Center
• State of World Aquaculture 2006 (FAO)
• NOAA Aquaculture
• NOAA Fishwatch