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Josef Šusta (aquaculturist)

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Josef Šusta
Josef Šusta, with a moustache and receding hairline and depicted in a black cravat and suiting. He is looking to the left of the camera. The image is of low quality, with no background being visible, and beneath it is the text "J Susta".
Josef Šusta, depicted in 1899
Born(1835-11-26)26 November 1835
Jankov, Austrian Empire
Died15 November 1914(1914-11-15) (aged 78)
Prague, Austria-Hungary
Resting placeMalvazinky Cemetery
OccupationAquaculturist
Notable works
  • On Nutrition of the Carp and its Fishpond Associates
  • 500 years of fishpond management in the Třeboň area

Josef Šusta (26 November 1835 – 15 November 1914) was a Czech aquaculturist and is considered to be among the modern "fathers" of the practice. He is notable for having written the 1884 book "On Nutrition of the Carp and its Fishpond Associates", as well as, alongside Antonín Frič and Josef Kafka, revitalizing the aquaculture industry in the Třeboň Basin by increasing pond productivity.[1]

Works

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Monument to Josef Šusta at the Svět pond
  • Výživa kapra a jeho družiny rybničné, 1884
  • Fünf Jahrhunderte der Teichwirtschaft zu Wittingau (Pět století rybničního hospodářství v Třeboni), 1889
  • Hospodářsko-rybářská těžba v rybnících (1868)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Nash, Colin E. (2011). The history of aquaculture. Ames, Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8138-2163-4.
  2. ^ Tomeš, Josef, op.cit.

Further reading

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  • Tomeš, Josef: Český biografický slovník XX. století. V Praze: Paseka 3 volumes ISBN 8071852457, ISBN 9788071852452 OCLC 43599240 p. 326.
  • Jiroušek, Bohumil: Josef Šusta, nestor českého rybníkářství. Historický obzor, 1998, 9 (1/2)
  • Křivánek, Jiří; Němec, Jan; Kopp, Jan: Rybníky v České republice. Praha: Consult, 2012. 303 pp. ISBN 9788090348295 pp. 159–162
  • Šusta, Josef [junior]: Léta dětství a jinošství. Vzpomínky I. Melantrich, Praha 1947, particularly the chapter Můj otec (pp. 53–76)
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