Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Cultivation of marine organisms in their natural habitats, usually for commercial purposes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The development of the resources of the sea, especially with respect to food-fish: coined in distinction from
agriculture .
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- noun
seawater aquaculture of fish or other sea-creatures
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But the future is in the sea around us, and mariculture, meaning aquaculture in the open ocean, is increasing, albeit slowly, because of environmental and other constraints.
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Yet, such episodes have the potential to cause the most serious ecological risk (primarily for sea birds and mammals) and result in long-term environmental disturbances (mainly in coastal zones) and economic impact on coastal activities (especially on fisheries and mariculture).
Oil spill 2009
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It is big in mariculture, e.g., salmon farming, especially in Chile.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Organic Food Still Ain’t All That: 2009
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Alien species such as the Mediterranean blue mussel have been introduced through ballast water, bilge water and mariculture operations.
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Stakeholders in the petroleum industry, the fishing industry, tourism, agriculture, transportation and mariculture all share in the renewable and non-renewable resource base of this LME.
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Mangroves are being cleared for mariculture ponds or for salt production.
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It should also be realized that aquaculture and mariculture are energy-consuming, rather than energy-producing, processes.
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The Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA) examines the socioeconomic consequences of non-optimal harvesting of living resources, mining and drilling impacts, a hampered mariculture industry, harmful algal blooms, and the variability of the LME.
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These nutrients come from the increased use of fertilizers in agriculture, the mariculture industry and from household sewage.
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Coastal development activities center on tourism, mariculture and sport fishing.
Pacific Central-American Coastal large marine ecosystem 2008
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