mariculture
/ˈmarɪˌkʌltʃə
/noun [mass noun]
The cultivation of fish or other marine life for food.The plans also include a bathymetric study of the Moy Estuary and Killala Bay as a means of raising awareness of the effects of agricultural pollution on mariculture and there will be an International conference with the other partners....
- It is responsible for fish kills in mariculture operations in Japan and is reported to produce a neurotoxin related to those causing NSP.
- Its five thematic areas relate to: integrated marine and coastal management; sustainable use of the resources concerned; marine and coastal protected areas, mariculture, and alien species.
Origin
Early 20th century: from Latin mare, mari- 'sea' + culture, on the pattern of words such as agriculture.
- multiculti
- multicultural
- multiculturalism
- multiculturalist
- multiculturally
- multiculturism
- multi-currency
- multicursal
- multicuspid
- multicuspidate
- multicycle
- multicyclic
- multi-cylinder
- multi-cylindered
- multicystic
- multi-day
- multi-daylight
- multi-denominational
- multidentate
- multidenticulate
- multi-destination
- multidialectal
- multidialectalism
- multi-diameter
- multi-digit