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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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
It is found in very high quantities in Fresh Spirulina which is an edible aquaculture.
—Brian Heteich, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
The owner and chef of Indigenous, Steve Phelps, uses his own fine-dining restaurant to help advocate for more sustainably minded aquaculture and makes his case with seasonally focused dishes like Green Curry Fish Dip.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
To tackle this problem, the Florida Aquarium has teamed up with University of Florida aquaculture researchers to bring more sea urchins into the world.
—Lisa S. Gardiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
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