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Fish farming | pisciculture - meaning and illustration

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes
1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for fish farming and pisciculture: 🔊
1.2. Synonyms of fish farming:
1.3. 🇫🇷 French translation of fish farming and pisciculture:
1.4. Definition of fish farming in fisheries:
4 Other Definitions of Fish farming per Country
1.5. Plural of fish farming:
2. Notes on fish farming
3. Other fisheries sub-sectors:

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1. Synonyms, etymology, translation, definition, examples and notes

1.1. IPA transcription and prononciation for fish farming and pisciculture: 🔊

Fish farming /fɪʃ ˈfɑːmɪŋ/

1.2. Synonyms of fish farming:

2 international synonym(s) for fish farming. Notably:

🍧 Pisciculture 🔉 ▶
🍧 Fish culture 🔉 ▶

1.3. 🇫🇷 French translation of fish farming and pisciculture:

Pisciculture
Élevage de poissons

1.4. Definition of fish farming in fisheries:

Fish farming, also known as fish culture, means: a form of aquaculture dealing with the culture of fish.

4 Other Definitions of Fish farming per Country

In Kenya:

“fish culture” means propagating, breeding or raising of fish under confinement by man;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries (General) Regulations, 1991 )

“farming” in relation to any fish means the breeding, cultivating and rearing of any such fish or the cultivating of any such vegetation, as the case may be;

✏️ Source -- Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenya Fisheries Management and Development Act, 2016 )

“farming” in relation to any fish means the breeding, cultivating and rearing of such fish or the cultivating of any such vegetation, as the case may be;

✏️ Source -- Kenyan Fisheries Management and Development (Safety and Quality) Regulations, 2024, Part I, Section 2 ( Kenyan Fisheries Management and Development (Safety and Quality) Regulations, 2024 )

In United Kingdom:

“fish farming” means the keeping of live fish with a view to their sale or to their transfer to other waters; but only where such activity is required to be authorised as an aquaculture production business under regulation 6 of the Aquatic Animal Health (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/85),

✏️ Source -- Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013, Section 6, Sub-paragraph 63 ( Aquaculture and Fisheries (Scotland) Act 2013 )

1.5. Plural of fish farming:

Fish farming;

2. Notes on fish farming

Not to be confused with aquaculture which is the culture of a wide range of aquatic organisms including animals (fish, moluscs, oysters, etc.) and plants (spirulina, phytoplankton, zooplankton, etc.).

Fishery terminology records for Fish farming

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