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aquaculture

[ak-wuh-kuhl-cher, ah-kwuh-] / ˈæk wəˌkʌl tʃər, ˈɑ kwə- /
NOUN
tank farming
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This region receives inputs from treated sewage, household wastewater, aquaculture operations, pig farming, and agricultural runoff.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

Nearly all eels consumed in Japan come from aquaculture, which relies entirely on the capture or import of glass eels because they do not reproduce in captivity.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

The report, by the Farm Animal Investment Risk and Return Initiative, a global investor network representing $80 trillion in assets, analyzed water risk for 60 large global meat, dairy and aquaculture companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 26, 2025

The fish farming and aquaculture industries account for about 2,200 jobs and brought in £337m to the Scottish economy in 2022.

From BBC • May 19, 2025

Hawaii was also unique within Polynesia in using mass labor for aquaculture, by constructing large fishponds in which milkfish and mullet were grown.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond