Blue Revolution refers to the remarkable emergence of aquaculture as an important and highly productive agricultural activity. Aquaculture refers to all forms of active culturing of aquatic animals and plants, occurring in marine, brackish, or fresh waters.
Aquaculture has long been practices in China and other places in Eastern Asia, where freshwater fish have been grown as food in managed ponds for thousands of years. In recent decades, however, the practice of aquaculture has spread around the World. Many species of freshwater and marine organisms are being cultivated as highly productive and nutritious crops for consumption by humans.