ABSTRACT
Aquaculture, the husbandry of aquatic plants and animals, has been practiced since earliest times. Like agricultural science, marine science, and oceanography, it is a rubric that encompasses many scientific disciplines—all applied towards solving the many problems inherent in the husbandry of aquatic plants and animals. As at a marine institute, the program was run by scientists from a number of disciplines with the general goal of assisting and advancing aquaculture. Research emphasized the disciplines of physiology, nutrition, genetics, pathology, toxicology, engineering, systems-analysis, and economics. Similar programs began at the University of Miami and the University of Hawaii shortly thereafter. By 1970 the term aquaculture implied both a group of interdisciplinary sciences and, at least in the US, a growing, highly technical industry. Modern aquaculture requires a constant vigil on the nutrients, gases, and toxins in the water used for farming. As with high density land-farming, constant adjustment was required for maximum production.
