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-====Aquaculture, Agriculture =====
-It is an old question: is algal cultivation an **agri**cultural activity or an **aqua**cultural activity. The answer to this question is important for several reasons:
-  - spatial planning and permits: agriculture is frequently simpler, rules are simplified to reflect with the existing habits,
-  - water permits: use of water for agriculture is governed by different rule than water use for aquaculture,
-  - taxation: there are frequently simpler rules for farmers,
-  - subsidies: there is an elaborate system of subsidies, mostly under EU jurisdiction with local implementation rules,
-  - labelling: there are rules of origin and labelling requirements specific for each kind of activity,
-  - jurisdiction: both at EU level and frequently at local levels the bodies responsible for each activity are different,
-  - policy: algae and seaweeds are included in Annex 1 of
-There are arguments to including algal cultivation under both umbrellas:
-| AQUA | AGRO |
-|algae are water organisms |algae are (simple) plants, they are a photosynthetic organisms very similar to the plants |
-| |Algae need mineral nutrients for their growth, most other aquaculture organisms need organic material for their growth |
-| |Algae need sunlight for their growth, while most other aquacultural organisms need their feed from organic material |
-| |
-Regulation governing the aquaculture is [[EU 1379/2013 of 11 December 2013 on the Common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products]][[https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32013R1379&qid=1740864127671]]