aquaculture
noun
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For most of the modern history of aquaculture, only costly fish and shellfish like salmon and shrimp were harvested. But new technologies are allowing cheaper and more efficient cultivation of fish for food, and such common fish as cod are now being farmed. Seaweeds and other algae are also being grown--for food (mostly in Asia), cattle feed, fertilizer, and experimentally as a source of energy. Aquaculture is now the world's fastest-growing form of food production.
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Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 11 May 2024
The tiny fish are sometimes worth more than $2,000 per pound because of their high value to Asian aquaculture companies.
—Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 2 May 2024
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“Aquaculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aquaculture. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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