SBI 03.2—Aquaculture

Where 03.2 sits

1. A Agriculture, forestry and fishing
2. 03 Fishing and aquaculture
3. 03.2 Aquaculture

Contains 2 narrower codes

• 03.21 Marine aquaculture
• 03.22 Freshwater aquaculture

What 03.2 includes

• This group comprises the cultivation of fish and crustaceans, i.e. the production process whereby aquatic organisms (e.g. fish, molluscs, crustaceans, plants, amphibians) are cultivated or bred (including harvesting) using techniques designed to increase the production of the organisms concerned to above the natural capacity of the environment (e.g. regular stocking, feeding, and protection against predators). Aquaculture also includes individual ownership, corporate ownership, or state ownership of the individual organisms throughout the entire cultivation or breeding phase, including harvesting. Cultivation or breeding refers to the breeding of the organisms mentioned above to their juvenile and/or adult stage in captivity.
• This group also includes: - the cultivation of young and adult plants under artificial conditions.

What 03.2 excludes

• The production of fur skins from farmed reptiles, e.g. snakes and turtles, or bird skins from livestock farms, see 0148
• Breeding and keeping reptiles, see 0148

03.2 in other systems