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Aquaculture (FFN_35)

DGIF baseline 2026-1, the latest. Earlier baselines: timemap.

RDF: ffn_35.ttl

Name

aquaculture

Attribute

FFN Feature Function

Definition

The production process involving the culturing or farming (including harvesting) of aquatic organisms (for example: fish, molluscs, crustaceans, plants, crocodiles, alligators or amphibians) using techniques designed to increase the production of the organisms in question beyond the natural capacity of the environment (for example: regular stocking, feeding and protection from predators).

Description

Culturing or farming refers to the rearing of individuals up to their juvenile and/or adult phase under captive conditions. In addition, it also encompasses individual, corporate or state ownership of the individual organisms throughout the rearing or culture stage, up to and including harvesting.

Accepted

2013-10-18

Allowed for

• AL010 Facility
• AL013 Building
• BH082 Inland Waterbody

Source: DGIF 2026-1 QEA model, DGIWG. Standard: DGIWG 206-3. Licence: CC BY 4.0, © DGIWG.