Books on Aquaponics

This selection of aquaponics books brings together the reference works for understanding, getting started and progressing in the combined growing of fish and plants. A library designed to support every stage of your project, from a first introductory book to the most advanced technical manuals.


You will find books in several languages (French, English, German…) covering the different approaches to aquaponics: natural, low-tech, urban, indoor or larger-scale aquaponics. Each book is chosen for its rigour, field experience and clarity.


Whether you are curious, an amateur gardener, planning a semi-professional project or a teacher, you will find everything you need here to enrich your aquaponic practice and grow your system.

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A good book prevents plenty of mistakes on a first system. For each book, the selection states its level, its language and its number of pages. To get started in French, Débuter en aquaponie naturelle (Rustica, 110 pages) guides you through setting up a small garden system, and L'aquaponie pour les Nuls (the French "For Dummies" title, 242 pages, published late 2024) covers the basics without jargon. At intermediate level, "Aquaponie : le guide de référence" by François Petitet-Gosgnach runs to 303 pages, and "Monter sa microferme" by Marion Sarlé covers hydroponics, bioponics and aquaponics together.

To go further, the collective work from the Quae publishing house, "Aquaponie : associer aquaculture et production végétale", is aimed at advanced readers, as are the English-language textbooks "Aquaponics Food Production Systems" (Springer, 619 pages) and "Recirculating Aquaculture" (788 pages), devoted to closed-loop aquaculture. The product pages summarise each book, its strengths and its limitations. If you are new to the subject, start with the article What is aquaponics?.

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