mariculture
1mariculture — ● mariculture nom féminin (latin mare, mer) Culture ou élevage en milieu marin à des fins commerciales. (On distingue la conchyliculture [ostréiculture, mytiliculture] et la pisciculture.) …
2mariculture — [mar′i kul΄chər] n. [< L mare, sea + CULTURE] saltwater aquaculture mariculturist n …
3Mariculture — Fish cages containing salmon in Loch Ailort, Scotland. Mariculture is a specialized branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks,… …
4Mariculture — Parc à huitres en rivière du Bélon …
5mariculture — marine cultivation or aquaculture of organisms in tanks, pens, ponds or cages or net enclosed areas in the open sea. Fish are usually raised to market size; a marine hatchery is also a mariculture facility but fish are usually released as young …
6mariculture — noun Etymology: Latin mare sea + English culture (as in agriculture) Date: circa 1909 the cultivation of marine organisms in their natural environment • mariculturist noun …
7mariculture — Fish farming or aquaculture of marine animals or plants …
8mariculture — /mar i kul cheuhr/, n. marine aquaculture. Also called ocean farming. [1900 05; < L mari , comb. form of mare sea + CULTURE, on the model of AGRICULTURE] * * * …
9mariculture — noun seawater aquaculture of fish or other sea creatures …
10mariculture — Large scale cultivation of marine organisms under controlled conditions, for use as food or for other economic purposes; also utilization of the marine habitat for cultivation of aquatic organisms [Bliss, 1982] …
