The history of aquaculture

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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 Note. Index.