The earliest record of cage culture practices dates back
to the late 1800 in Southeast Asia, particularly in the
freshwater lakes and river systems of Kampuchea.
Marine fish farming in cages traces its beginning to the
1950s in Japan where fish farming research at the
Fisheries Laboratory of the Kinki University led to the
commercial culture of yellow tail Seriola quinqueradiata
and developed into a significant industry as early as
1960. Since the 1970, Thailand has developed cage
culture techniques for two important marine finfish: the
sea bream (Pagrus major) and grouper (Epinephelus spp.).
Large scale cage farming of groupers were established
in Malaysia in 1980. Korea started cage culture in the
late 1970s and by the end of 1980, cage culture of the
olive flounder (Paralichthys olivacens) and black rockfish
(Sebastes schlegeli) was established, and developed into
a successful aquaculture industry in the 1990s. Cage
culture of groupers (Epinephelus spp.) in the Philippines
has been practiced since 1980s. Mariculture of milkfish
in the 1990s led to the further growth and development
of the industry
