‘Seeding the Water as the Earth’: The Epicenter and Peripheries of a Western Aquacultural Revolution

Historical accounts of the development of a modern science of aquaculture have tended to focus upon one or two states, particular interest groups, and, or, specific species of fish. This small and narrowly focused body of literature has left the existence of a broader movement, one that ultimately s...

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Published in:Environmental history 2006-07, Vol.11 (3), p.527-566
Main Author: Kinsey, Darin S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aquaculture
Aquatic ecosystems
Carp
Diffusion
Earth
Environmental history
Fecundity
Fish
Fish culture
Fisheries
Freshwater fishes
Historical account
interest groups
Political revolutions
Salmon
Seeding
Trout
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Summary:Historical accounts of the development of a modern science of aquaculture have tended to focus upon one or two states, particular interest groups, and, or, specific species of fish. This small and narrowly focused body of literature has left the existence of a broader movement, one that ultimately spanned the entire globe by the second half of the nineteenth century and included many dozens of aquatic species, largely unappreciated and unexamined. This essay highlights the significance of the French origins of that modern aquacultural revolution and traces the movement's diffusion into wider Western intellectual and ecological peripheries.
ISSN:1084-5453
1930-8892
DOI:10.1093/envhis/11.3.527