Archaeological Aquaculture
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چکیده
Aquaculture is nothing new. It arose multiple times in indigenous societies where coastal population densities of “seafood eating peoples” increased beyond the carrying capacities of natural, aquatic ecosystems to provide for them. There have been many “blue revolutions” throughout history! Aquaculture has a long, fascinating pre-history with well documented “blue revolutions” occurring throughout (Table 1). The difference is, today, we’re in uncharted territory the roles of aquaculture to supply protein foods for an estimated 12 billion people by 2050.
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