Organic aquaculture

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Organic aquaculture is the controlled breeding and rearing of fish and other aquatic animals in farms under ecological aspects. Organic aquaculture only emerged in the mid-1990s through the development of special guidelines by individual cultivation associations in Europe. Organic aquaculture in Germany and Austria was stimulated by organic farmers who demanded adequate quality assurance in the area of ​​aquaculture .

In ecological aquaculture, the fish (e.g. carp , trout and salmon ) grow in natural waters. At least half of the food comes from the water's own production (small crabs , insect larvae, algae and others). The rest of the food comes from recognized organic agriculture .

Organic aquaculture is particularly important in shrimp production. The sensitive habitat of mangrove forests is being destroyed on many tropical coasts for the creation of large-scale conventional ponds. The water quality is also massively impaired by overfertilization and the use of antibiotics. To protect the mangrove forests, there are pilot projects in Ecuador by Naturland in cooperation with the German Society for Technical Cooperation mbH (GTZ) for ecological shrimp production.

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  • Martin Oberle, Manuel Aas, Ulrich Hamm and Tobias Lasner, Economic Effects of the Changeover to Organic Production in Carp Pond Management - Project Concept , Bavarian State Agency for Agriculture, Institute for Fisheries, Branch Office for Carp Pond Management, Höchstadt / Aisch, University of Kassel, Department of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agricultural Sciences and food marketing, 2009