A stew pond or stewpond or stew is a fish pond used to store live fish ready for eating.
[Nash, Colin (2011]
''The History of Aquaculture''
p. 28–29, John Wiley and Sons. .
In medieval Europe,
monasteries often maintained attached stews to
supply fish over the winter.
See also
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Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture
Before contact with Europeans, the Hawaiian people practiced aquaculture through development of fish ponds (), the most advanced fish-husbandry among the original peoples of the Pacific. While other cultures in places like Egypt and China also us ...
References
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Woolrych, Humphry William (1853
''A treatise of the law of waters''p. 133, T & J W Johnson.
Hydrology
Fish ponds
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