Ocean ranching

Noun

Word Frequency: 0.0

Definitions

1.NounA type of aquaculture, used mainly in culturing Pacific salmon, wherein juvenile fish are hatched and reared, released to mature in the open ocean, and caught when they return as adults to spawn.

Synonyms

salmoning aquaculturing mariculture aquaculture aquiculture land-locked salmon sockeye salmon river fish farming ostreiculture landlocked salmon ostraculture

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