A stew pond or stewpond or stew is a fish pond used to store live fish ready for eating.[1] Look up stewpond in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In medieval Europe, monasteries often maintained attached stews to supply fish over the winter. Ancient Hawaiian aquaculture [1]Nash, Colin (2011) The History of Aquaculture p. 28–29, John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-8138-2163-4. Woolrych, Humphry William (1853) A treatise of the law of waters p. 133, T & J W Johnson. This article about a building or structure type is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.vte