Traditional Chinese aquaculture and its impact outside China

摘要

I define traditional Chinese practice as that developed before the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. Six principles of traditional Chinese practice are integration with other human activity systems such as agriculture, animal husbandry, sanitation and local agro-industry; polyculture made possible through an outstanding of carp diversity in spatial and feeding niches; waste or by-product reuse such as wild vegetation (especially grasses), livestock manure, nightsoil, brans andoilcakes, soybean, silk and distillery processing wastes; nutrient and water reuse and multiple use; and production of high-protein natural food in situ as the water is utilized to provide feed, as well as an environment for fish to grow.