Look up: aquaculture

1. aquaculture
   (Living things in their environment) commercial cultivation of fish and shellfish for food
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2. Aquaculture
   the general term given to the cultivation of any aquatic (fresh and marine) species (plant or animal).
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3. aquaculture
   farm which cultivates or rears aquatic plants or animals Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • live fish,crustaceans or molluscs coming from a farm,including those from the wild intended for a farm Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food p...
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4. aquaculture
   <ecology> The cultivation of aquatic plants and animals for food or other purposes, this term often refers specifically to freshwater cultivation, as opposed to marine cultivation (mariculture). ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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5. aquaculture
   noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
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6. aquaculture
   an approximate equivalent in fishing to agriculture—that is, the rearing of fish, shellfish, and some aquatic plants to supplement the natural ... [13 related articles]
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7. aquaculture
   aquaculture The cultivation of the natural production of water; such as fish or shellfish, algae and other aquatic plants. Mariculture is specifically marine aquaculture, and therefor is a subset of aquaculture. Some examples of aquaculture include raising catfish and tilapia in freshwater ponds, gr...
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8. Aquaculture
   Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is the farming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquatic plants. Aquaculture involves cultivating freshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesti...
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9. aquaculture
   The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans, and aquatic plants with some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. Farming also implies individual or corporate ownership of the sto...
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10. aquaculture
    aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. Formerly a business for small farms, it is now also pursued b...
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11. aquaculture
    Click images to enlargeThe cultivation of fish and shellfish for human consumption; see fish farming
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12. aquaculture
    the cultivation or rearing of aquatic plants or animals. Freshwater aquaculture is very much unlike marine aquaculture. Organisms are reared in ponds (Carp, Tilapia, Trout, Shrimp, Prawn). Marine aquaculture almost always happens in the open sea (Salmon, Oyster, Mussel, Scallops). These organisms pr...
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13. aquaculture
    It is the cultivation of the sea. The term refers specifically to the intensive production of fish and shellfish in a controlled environment for human food It is an ancient practice in Asia but it has only began approximately 20 years ago in the U.S., but in virtually no time has become one of the fastest growing segments of the United States ec...
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14. Aquaculture
    Aquaculture is the set of activities that involve growing plants and breeding animals in continental or marine water to improve production. It involves the individual or legal possession of cultured stocks. It groups together fish-farming, shellfish farming (farming of oysters, mussels, clams, cockl...
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15. Aquaculture
    [journal] Aquaculture ({ISSN|0044-8486}) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on aquaculture, published by Elsevier. It was established in 1972. The journal Annual Review of Fish Diseases, separately published from 1991 to 1996, was incorporated into Aquaculture following ...
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16. Aquaculture
    The controlled cultivation and harvest of aquatic plants or animals (e.g., edible marine algae, clams, oysters, and salmon).
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17. aquaculture
    the cultivation of aquatic organisms under controlled conditions.
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18. Aquaculture
    the farming of freshwater and saltwater organisms including molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. See also fish farming and mariculture.
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