InhaltsangabeAbstract. 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.

Colin E. Nash has worked in aquaculture research for more than four decades, In addition, he was the chief editor for Aquaculture for ten years; the director of the program for FAO Aquaculture Development, the technical director of France's Cofrepêche, and finally most recently NOAA.

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