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Description:Aquaculture is defined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as “the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, plants, algae, and other organisms in all types of water.” Since aquaculture encompasses a myriad of species produced in multiple types of systems and in multiple waters (e.g., fresh, salt, brackish), it is often the most correct word to use when describing farming in water. Simply saying “fish farming” leaves out significant aquatic crops that are farmed. For sake of this publication, the terms North Central Region (NCR) and Midwest both pertain to 12 states (Table 1) that coincide with the North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC). NCRAC is a Midwest aquaculture administrative unit funded through USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) that was established by Congress in 1987 following the Food Security Act of 1985. In the most recent United States Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Statistics Service (USDA NASS) Census of Aquaculture, the Midwest had 271 aquaculture farms reporting, representing 9.2% of the nation’s 2,932 farms (Table 2). Farm-gate sales for those 271 farms was 2.8% ($42.7 million USD) of the $1.52 billion in total US sales.
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