Japan
•As early as 2000 BC Japanese were raising oysters
–Successful in mariculture by copying the methods used in China
•Today Japan raises many species of fish and shellfish
–Also culture various algae species
•Nori
Indonesia
•Around 1400 AD brackish culture of milkfish began
–Later the culture of mullet was practiced
Europe
•Aquaculture was appeared during the Middle Ages
–Large fish were stored for later eating in the moats around castles
–Fish not caught reproduced and a simple form of fish farming was discovered
Italy
•Early Romans were known to catch fish and eels and fattened them in stone-lined ponds
•Some brackish water fish farming developed in the mid 1800’s
France
•Early 1800’s oyster growers placed strings of tiles in the water
–Waited for oyster larvae to settle on them
–When thumbnail size they were placed in protected beds
•Cultured until large enough to harvest