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Whoa, you are biting off a lot! Aquaculture is a broad subject covering food fish of many types, plus crustaceans ... shrimp etc., eels and "ornamental" fish ... tropicals, salt and koi among others. The global aspects entail supplying food in underdeveloped countries, competition with domestic seafood industries from the Far East, and much more. Your teacher is suggesting an approach that will open your eyes to what it means to have globalization of the world economy, limitations on environmental resources and mankind's innovation in supplying the needs of people around the world. And, the consequences. Carp are a good example. People have raised carp for food since ancient times because they were hardy enough to survive in primitive ponds and could be supplied relatively fresh. Carp were a good source of protein in lands where foodstuffs were not plentiful. Many centuries ago carp-raising was commenced in China, and from there went to Japan. And in the isolated mountains of Niigata carp became koi ... but that is getting into the history I'll not share with you yet. Today, food carp are raised around the world, and in the deserts of Israel carp and koi are raised, competing in the global marketplace with koi and food carp raised in many other countries. The ability of Israeli koi producers to supply inexpensive pet shop grade koi to Europe, and the ability of Chinese koi producers to do likewise worldwide, has limited the marketplace of koi producers in Japan. However, no one is able to produce fine quality nishikigoi in the quantity that the koi farmers of Niigata have done. Their talents have been shared with koi farmers elsewhere in Japan, but only a relative handful of koi farmers outside Japan are able to produce the magnificent specimens that are grown in Japan. And the food carp in Japan? It is still a major industry with modern techniques allowing for huge volumes of protein to be placed on tables throughout Japan and the Pacific region.
Have you gotten through the Blasiola book?
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