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History

Aquaculture in Ancient China

The oldest continuous aquaculture tradition on Earth - Chinese carp farming dating back at least 2,500 years.

Era: Classical Region: China Year: -500

📖 Overview

The earliest known aquaculture manual, Fan Lis Treatise on Fish Culture (475 BC), describes carp farming techniques still recognizable today. Rice-fish integrated systems - raising carp in flooded rice paddies - date back over 1,700 years. Modern China produces more than 60% of the worlds farmed fish; a tradition built on millennia of accumulated knowledge.