Mariculture

Mariculture
Parc à huitres en rivière du Bélon.
Cages piscicoles de pleine mer aux îles Féroé (mer du Nord).

La mariculture concerne, en aquaculture, l'élevage d'animaux marins (fermes ou ranchs marins) ou la culture d'algues (fermes d'algues) directement dans le milieu naturel marin ou bien à partir d'eau de mer brute prélevée à proximité du site d'exploitation (mariculture en bassin).


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  • mariculture — ● mariculture nom féminin (latin mare, mer) Culture ou élevage en milieu marin à des fins commerciales. (On distingue la conchyliculture [ostréiculture, mytiliculture] et la pisciculture.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • mariculture — [mar′i kul΄chər] n. [< L mare, sea + CULTURE] saltwater aquaculture mariculturist n …   English World dictionary

  • Mariculture — Fish cages containing salmon in Loch Ailort, Scotland. Mariculture is a specialized branch of aquaculture involving the cultivation of marine organisms for food and other products in the open ocean, an enclosed section of the ocean, or in tanks,… …   Wikipedia

  • mariculture — marine cultivation or aquaculture of organisms in tanks, pens, ponds or cages or net enclosed areas in the open sea. Fish are usually raised to market size; a marine hatchery is also a mariculture facility but fish are usually released as young …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • mariculture — noun Etymology: Latin mare sea + English culture (as in agriculture) Date: circa 1909 the cultivation of marine organisms in their natural environment • mariculturist noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mariculture — Fish farming or aquaculture of marine animals or plants …   Fisheries — dictionary

  • mariculture — /mar i kul cheuhr/, n. marine aquaculture. Also called ocean farming. [1900 05; < L mari , comb. form of mare sea + CULTURE, on the model of AGRICULTURE] * * * …   Universalium

  • mariculture — noun seawater aquaculture of fish or other sea creatures …   Wiktionary

  • mariculture — Large scale cultivation of marine organisms under controlled conditions, for use as food or for other economic purposes; also utilization of the marine habitat for cultivation of aquatic organisms [Bliss, 1982] …   Crustacea glossary

  • mariculture —   a branch of aquaculture specializing in the cultivation of marine organisms in salt water usually by enclosing a cubic volume of a natural waterway. May be for food e.g. fish, shellfish & seaweed or non food e.g. cosmetics & jewellery …   Geography glossary

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