Terms used in official statistics

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Aquaculture


Definition:

Aquaculture - the rearing or cultivation of aquatic organisms using techniques designed to increase the production of the organisms in question beyond the natural capacity of the environment; the organisms remain the property of a natural or legal person throughout the rearing or culture stage, up to and including harvesting.


Source:
  • Regulation (EC) No 762/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96
    Place of publication: (Dz. Urz. UE L 218 z 13.08.2008, str. 1, z późn. zm.)

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GUS – Departament Rolnictwa i Środowiska
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