If you eat seafood, aquaculture is probably the biggest industry you participate in but don't know anything about. Of Americans' top 10 most consumed seafood products, 5 of them are predominately farmed - shrimp, salmon, tilapia, pangassius, and catfish. While relatively undeveloped in the US, aquaculture is also the fastest growing segment of the agriculture industry.
The aquaculture industry is hugely diverse from small backyard operations growing shrimp in Thailand to multi-national corporations with thousands of employees. The most developed and well-capitalized sector is the salmon farming industry, which is dominated by publicly traded Norwegian