mariculture
mariculture — noun
1. the activity or industry of raising fish, shellfish, or sea plants in seawater s
the activity or industry of raising fish, shellfish, or sea plants in seawater so they can be sold or eaten.
After wild fish catches fell, the town expanded mariculture along its rocky coast.
expand mariculture along + coast
In Hualien, local families use mariculture to raise oysters in the shallow bay.
use mariculture to raise oysters
A Kaohsiung research team studied how warmer water could affect mariculture.
Storm damage forced several mariculture farms on Penghu to move nets ashore.
Government loans helped young workers start mariculture on islands with little farmland.
- aquaculture
broader term that also includes farming in rivers, ponds, and tanks
- fish farming
narrower everyday term that usually makes people think of finfish
- marine aquaculture
near-equivalent formal term often used in technical writing
- wild fishing
catching sea life from nature instead of raising it
- wild harvest
taking marine organisms from natural waters rather than growing them
文法句型
develop/expand + mariculture
mariculture + of oysters/seaweed
mariculture + farm/industry
用法筆記
Usually uncountable and most common in scientific, policy, and industry writing. It refers to farming in the sea, so freshwater ponds belong under aquaculture instead.