Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The cultivation of marine or freshwater organisms, especially food fish or shellfish such as salmon or oysters, under controlled conditions.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective the cultivation of aquatic animals, such as fish or shellfish, or of plants, such as seaweed, in a controlled and sometimes enclosed body of water. The term includes use of either salt or fresh water. It is a form of agriculture, but under water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
cultivation ofaquatic produce such as aquaticplants ,fish , and other aquaticanimals .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
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Examples
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Commercial aquaculture is the most rapidly growing segment of the agricultural industry, accounting for more than $60bn sales in 2003.
GM food battle moves to fish as super-salmon nears US approval Jamie Doward 2010
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Just curious - aquaculture is a little side interest of mine.
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"I have been working in aquaculture for 10 years and this is the first time I have ever seen anything like it," (said Matt Landos, an aquatic animal specialist and member of the Australian College of Veterinarian Scientists.)
Boing Boing 2009
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NBKK.KW, said it acquired a 20 percent stake in Turkish aquaculture firm Kilic Deniz.
UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions | Reuters 2010
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NBKK.KW, said it acquired a 20 percent stake in Turkish aquaculture firm Kilic Deniz.
UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions | Reuters 2010
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NBKK.KW, said it acquired a 20 percent stake in Turkish aquaculture firm Kilic Deniz.
UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions | Reuters 2010
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Catfish farming in America - called "aquaculture" -
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Although the students designed Erebus with fish farms in mind because aquaculture is a major industry where they live, Erebus would obviously work just as where wherever there’s a need to keep birds away.
Archive 2006-04-30 Edward Willett 2006
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Although the students designed Erebus with fish farms in mind because aquaculture is a major industry where they live, Erebus would obviously work just as where wherever there’s a need to keep birds away.
Shoo! Shoo! Edward Willett 2006
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The reason: “Current and continuing evidence that certain Chinese aquaculture products imported into the United States contain illegal substances that are not permitted in seafood sold in the United States,” is how the agency’s assistant commissioner for food protection, Dr. David Acheson, succinctly announced it.
FDA warning on Chinese fish highlights problems with inspections 2007
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