Tiddens' job is to track (one might suspect, to advance) the financial prospects for American companies cultivating aquatic plants and animals. He surveys the support currently available from state and federal governments and scientific institutions and urges that more is needed.

Art Tiddens

Preface -- The Allure of Aquaculture -- The Agricultural Precedent -- The Science of Aquaculture -- Aquaculture and the Federal Government -- Aquaculture and the States -- Aquaculture Is Agriculture -- Aquaculture and the Entrepreneur -- The Promise of Aquaculture -- Appendixes -- World Aquaculture Production by Major Commodity Groups (in Pounds x 1,000) -- U.S. Aquaculture Production (In Pounds x 1,000)