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mariculture

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aquaculture

 or fish farming or mariculture

Rearing of fish, shellfish, and some aquatic plants to supplement the natural supply. Fish are reared in controlled conditions worldwide. Though most aquaculture supplies the commercial food market, many governmental agencies engage in it to stock lakes and rivers for sport fishing. It also supplies goldfish and other decorative fish for home aquariums and bait fish for sport and commercial fishing. Carp, trout, catfish, tilapia, scallops, mussels, lobsters, and oysters are well-known species raised through aquaculture.


mariculture [′mar·ə‚kəl·chər]
(agriculture)
The cultivation of marine organisms, plant and animal, for purposes of human consumption.


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The population at the hatcheries, located at Channel Islands Harbor and at the Ormond Beach Mariculture Laboratory in Oxnard, is the first large crop of animals ever produced in captivity.
So, Zohar, who was then at the Israeli National Center for Mariculture in Eilat, and his colleagues developed scores of synthetic GnRHs that could resist breakdown.
The relevant biodiversity work programme is based on five thematic areas: integrated marine and coastal area management; marine and coastal protected areas; sustainable use of coastal and marine living resources; mariculture (e.
 
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