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In Europe, although coastal countries present historical fishing habits, aquaculture is in true expansion. Norway, the leading European producer, is the eighth main producer worldwide. Portugal is a traditional fishing country but has invested in the development of aquaculture for the past decade, attaining, by 2018, 13.3 tonnes produced, making Portugal the 16th main producer amongst European Union member states that year. Most Portuguese aquaculture facilities operate in coastal systems, resorting to extensive and semi-intensive rearing techniques. In Portugal, marine food production in transitional systems is particularly interesting as the practice has, worldwide, been continuously substituted by intensive methods. In fact, facilities in transitional systems have developed over time and products gained higher commercial value. Clams and oysters corresponded, together, to over three quarters of total mollusc production in Portugal in 2018, while gilthead seabream and European seabass made up nearly all fish production in coastal environments. The state of aquaculture practices worldwide is reviewed in the present work, providing a particular focus on Portugal, where considerable development of the aquaculture sector is expected.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jmse10030417","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,13]],"date-time":"2022-03-13T22:29:43Z","timestamp":1647210583000},"page":"417","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":53,"title":["A Global Overview of Aquaculture Food Production with a Focus on the Activity\u2019s Development in Transitional Systems\u2014The Case Study of a South European Country (Portugal)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2202-6426","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carolina P.","family":"Rocha","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Coimbra, MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Cal\u00e7ada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7646-6208","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Henrique N.","family":"Cabral","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"INRAE, UR EABX, 50 Avenue de Verdun, 33612 Cestas, France"},{"name":"MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Jo\u00e3o C.","family":"Marques","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Coimbra, MARE\u2014Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Department of Life Sciences, Cal\u00e7ada Martim de Freitas, 3000-456 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8611-7183","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ana M. 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