单词 | mariculture |
释义 | mariculturen. The cultivation of the living resources of the sea (such as algae, shellfish, or esp. fish). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] pisciculture1807 water farming1811 fish-breeding1860 fish-hatching1862 fish-culture1865 aquiculture1867 mariculture1867 fish-farming1869 pond culture1883 aquaculture1887 aquafarming1896 sea-farming1962 1867 Michigan Univ. Mag. 2 2 The culture of fishes thus far is confined to the rudimentary work of multiplication and distribution, but why may it not rise to such a magnitude as to deserve the name of mariculture? 1914 Jrnl. Ecol. 2 126 The author gives an..account of the cultivation of marine algae as practised in Japan, where this industry—agriculture in the sea, or mariculture—yields an annual value of upwards of a million pounds sterling. 1970 New Scientist 20 Aug. 378/1 The first step in an effort to use the deep ocean water for mariculture, the generation of electrical power and the production of fresh water. 1974 Victorian (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 5 Apr. 2/1 The federal-provincial governments have allotted $38,000 to two companies involved in oyster mariculture. 1980 A. Toffler Third Wave xii. 161 Food companies may build floating cities to carry out mariculture operations. 1997 Nature Conservancy Jan.–Feb. 25/1 Environmentally friendly fish farming in marine environments, or mariculture, is one such promising alternative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1867 |
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