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2022-11-28 00:00:00

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

1.1.  Subject field:

  1. Fishery resources.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Fisheries management > Fishery resources )
  1. Mariculture.    (🏛 Hierarchy:   Fisheries > Aquaculture > Mariculture )

1.2. IPA transcription and prononciation for shellfish: 🔊

BrE /ˈʃelfɪʃ/NAmE /ˈʃelfɪʃ/

1.3.  Etymology of Shellfish:

Compound from shell and from fish

1.4. 🇫🇷 French translation of shellfish:

  1. Coquillage

1.5. Definition of shellfish in fisheries:


Image: Definition of shellfish
Shellfish: a creature with a shell, that lives in water, especially one of the types that can be eaten.

1.6. Plural of shellfish:


Shellfish; Shellfishes;

2. Notes on shellfish

NB: Shellfish is the plural form. 'Shellfishes' is only used when referring to various species of shellfish.

Branches of shellfish farming

The most common types of shellfish farming are:
  1. oyster farming (breeding of oysters);
  2. halioticulture (abalone farming);
  3. mussel farming (mussel farming);
  4. pectiniculture (scallop farming);
  5. veniculture (clam farming);
  6. cerastoculture (cockle farming);
  7. astaciculture is the farming of crayfish;
  8. peneiculture (sea shrimp and freshwater shrimp farming) is practised in France, Prawns are farmed in large quantities in Brazil, the imperial prawns ;


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5. Other fisheries sub-sectors:

  1. Aquaculture
  2. Aquatic ecosystem management
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  4. Fisheries engineering
  5. Fisheries management
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