Aquaculture is not defined in the Acts or Regulations but is defined on the website of the federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) as “the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants with some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated”.

As well as traditional fish species, aquatic animals and plants, aquacultural products may also include eggs, larvae/fingerlings, broodstock, ornamental species (aquatic plants and fish) and industrial or commercial cosmetic products

An objectives of Victorian Aquaculture is the substitution of gradually diminishing wild caught products with farmed products.

For more information on aquaculture see the DPI 's website at www.dpi.vic.gov.au