Aquaculture is an international journal for the exploration, improvement and management of all freshwater and marine food resources. It publishes novel and innovative research of world-wide interest on farming of aquatic organisms, which includes finfish, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants for human consumption. Research on ornamentals is not a focus of the Journal. Aquaculture only publishes papers with a clear relevance to improving aquaculture practices or a potential application.

《Aquaculture》是一本由ELSEVIER出版商出版的专业农林科学期刊，该刊创刊于1972年，刊期Weekly，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCI、SCIE收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：农林科学 1区，小类学科：渔业 1区；海洋与淡水生物学 1区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q1。该刊发文范围涵盖渔业等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外渔业工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为5.135，平均审稿速度约4.6个月。