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| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | The National Aquaculture Act of 1980 defines aquaculture as "the propagation and rearing of aquatic species in controlled or selected environments, including ocean ranching." The Act divides responsibility for most aquaculture research, regulatory and related activities among the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Interior. Private aquaculture has grown rapidly and diversified in recent years; in the United States, aquaculture is dominated (80%) by catfish production. (references) |
Hydrologic | Farming of plants and animals that live in water, such as fish, shellfish, and algae. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Some examples of aquaculture include raising catfish in freshwater ponds, growing cultured pearls, and farming salmon in ocean net-pens.
Benefits
Aquaculture has been one of the fastest growing segments of global food production in recent years. It has been hailed as an answer to the problems of declining wild fish stocks due to overfishing and other causes.
Problems
There has been (2003) considerable debate on the merits of aquaculture - or "fish-farming", as it is often called. In countries like the U.K., Canada and Norway, salmon- and trout-farming are one of the fastest-growing forms of agriculture. As these farms expand, they have been affecting the quality of wild fish, especially salmon. Organic fish farming is seen by some as a way of maintaining environmental and fish quality without losing the opportunities this form of farming offers.
Other problems with aquaculture include the potential for increasing the spread of unwanted invasive species, as farmed species are often not native to the area in which they are farmed. When these species escape, they often prove more resiliant than native species and take over ecosystems. Another possibility is the spread of introduced parasites and pests.
See also fishery
Reference
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Aquaculture."
Synonyms: AQUACULTURESynonyms: Aquiculture, Fish culture, Fish raising, Pond raising of fish, Raising of fish or shellfish, Shellfish raising. (additional references) |
Crosswords: AQUACULTURE |
| Specialty definitions using "AQUACULTURE": Eutrophication ♦ JSA ♦ Mariculture ♦ NAA, Net pen culture ♦ Ocean ranching. (references) |
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 | Los Ferroles fishmeal plant processes small pelagic species for consumption by the aquaculture industry, chickens, pigs, and ruminants. Credit: Fisheries. |  | Fishmeal plant at La Planchada processes small pelagic species for consumption by the aquaculture industry, chickens, pigs, and ruminants. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Chesapeake Bay Virginia National Estuarine Research Reserve. Oyster floats growing oysters in Taskinas Creek as part of the Aquaculture Education Project. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Aquaculture facility on Lee Stocking Island, run by NURP's Caribbean center. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |
 | Sea bream aquaculture facility offshore from resort hotels at Eliat, Israel. Credit: Small World. |  | Kuruma prawns -Penaeus japonicus. In aquaculture facility observation tank. Credit: Small World. |
 | Large aquaculture tank for prawns. Credit: Small World. |  | Gate system for water control in aquaculture facility. Credit: Small World. |
 | Experimental shrimp ponds - the beginnings of shrimp aquaculture Kaohsiang Marine Laboratory aquaculture facility. Credit: Small World. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | China is a major country in terms of R&D effort and performance and has vast biological resources in the fields of agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, and medicinal herbs. (references) | |
There has also been a call to improve and develop China's fishing and aquaculture fleet as well as to begin developing tourist, entertainment, sporting and other kinds of recreational vessels. (references) | ||
Economic History | Nicaragua | SAHLMAN SEAFOODS, U.S.-owned aquaculture operation. (references) |
Mexico | Shrimp and oyster aquaculture has been vigorously promoted. (references) | |
Guyana | The government is also encouraging the development of aquaculture. (references) | |
Human Rights | Belize | During the year, the prison joined with the Fisheries Department to teach aquaculture to inmates. (references) |
Political Economy | NICARAGUA | In April 2000, the National Assembly modified the Tax Justice Law to further reduce nominal luxury (IEC) taxes and to extend benefits enjoyed by cooperatives and the small business, agricultural, aquaculture and fishing sectors. (references) |
NICARAGUA | The Tax Justice Act of 1999, which placed Nicaragua ahead of the rest of Central American countries in lowering tariffs and reducing exemptions, established tax exemptions for nongovernmental organizations, hospital investments, and the agricultural, small handicraft, fishing, and aquaculture sectors. (references) | |
Trade | Lebanon | The U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA has authorized credit guarantees for sales of U.S. agricultural commodities to Lebanon under the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Credit Guarantee Program (GSM-102). The Commodities covered under GSM 102 are animal feed products, aquaculture feed, feed grains, nursery stock, oilseeds, planting seeds, protein meals & wheat. (references) |
Nicaragua | The amendment to the Ley de Justicia Tributaria (Tax Justice Act) established: a) tax exemptions for NGOs (non-governmental organizations) as long as they perform non-profit activities, b) exemptions on import taxes (DAI), luxury taxes (IEC), and sales taxes for hospital investments, c) reduction of the tax levied on vehicles based on engine size (this has reduced the discriminatory tariff treatment on American cars), d) exemption of DAI, ATP and IGV on crude or partially-refined petroleum, as well as on liquid gas and other petroleum derivatives, e) higher taxes on liquor and tobacco, and f) elimination of import taxes on capital goods, intermediate goods, and raw materials destined for the agricultural, small handicraft, fishing and aquaculture sectors. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bangladesh | Farm laborers, such as those employed in the aquaculture sector (shrimp hatchery, harvesting and processing) are covered by the labor law and can form trade unions. (references) |
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| "AQUACULTURE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 42.86% of the time. "AQUACULTURE" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 28.57% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Greece | Selonda Aquaculture SA |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "AQUACULTURE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 水产养殖 (aquiculture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vilkår for forarbejdning og afsætning af fiskerivarer og akvakulturprodukter (conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed), FAIR (aquaculture and rural development)(1994-1998), FAIR, food technologies, forestry, in the field of agriculture and fisheries(including agroindustry, Specific programm for research, technological development and demonstration), Fælles aktion,som tager sigte på at forbedre forarbejdningen og afsætningen af fiskerivarer og akvakulturprodukter (Common measure to improve the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Aquacultuur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vesiviljely (hydroponic cultivation, hydroponic culture, hydroponics, soil-free growing, soilless culture, water culture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aquaculture. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Verarbeitungs-und Vermarktungsbedingungen für Erzeugnisse der Fischerei und der Aquakultur (conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed), Gemeinsame Massnahmen mit dem Ziel,die Verarbeitung und Vermarktung von Erzeugnissen der Fischerei und der Aquakultur zu verbessern (Common measure to improve the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Κοινή δράση η οποία αποσκοπεί στη βελτίωση των συνθηκών μεταποίησης και εμπορίας των προϊόντων αλιείας και υδατοκαλλιέργειας (Common measure to improve the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed), συνθήκες μεταποίησης και διάθεσης στο εμπόριο των προϊόντων αλιείας και υδατοκαλλιέργειας (conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Azione comune intesa a migliorare le condizioni di trasformazione e di commercializzazione dei prodotti della pesca e dell'acquacoltura (Common measure to improve the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed), condizioni di trasformazione e di commercializzazione dei prodotti della pesca e dell'acquacoltura (conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aquacultureay hidrocultura. (various references) аквикультура. (various references) Acción Común destinada a hacer posible la Mejora de las Condiciones de Transformación y Comercialización de los Productos de la Pesca y de la Acuicultura (Common measure to improve the conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed), condiciones de transformación y comercialización de los productos de la pesca y de la acuicultura (conditions under which fishery and aquaculture products are processed and marketed). (various references) Särskilt program för forskning, teknisk utveckling och demonstration inom jordbruk och fiske (inbegripet agroindustri, livsmedelsteknik, skogsbruk, vattenbruk och landsbygdsutveckling) (aquaculture and rural development), FAIR, food technologies, forestry, Specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration in the field of agriculture and fisheries (including agro-industry). (various references) เพาะเลี้ยงสัตว์น้ำ. (various references) su kültürü. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "AQUACULTURE": aquacultures. (additional references) | |
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"AQUACULTURE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aquaulture. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AQUACULTURE" (pronounced a"kwuku'lkher) |
| 6 | -u k u' l kh er | agriculture. |
| 5 | -k u' l kh er | counterculture, horticulture, subculture. |
| 3 | -l kh er | Belcher, culture, vulture, Welcher. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-q-r-t-u-u-u" | |
-3 letters: claqueur. | |
-4 letters: arcuate, claquer, culture, lacquer, racquet. | |
-5 letters: acetal, actual, acuate, acuter, aurate, auteur, calque, carate, cartel, claque, claret, curate, curtal, curule, cutler, laurae, quarte, quatre, rectal, reluct. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-l-q-r-t-u-u-u" | |
+1 letter: aquacultures. | |
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