fish farm

noun

1. a facility in which fish are bred for commercial purposes.

Other Words From

• fish farming noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fish farm¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Ynsect’s powdered protein is currently used in pet food, fish meal for commercial fish farms and other animal feed.

From Time

It is also investing heavily in the complex and controversial field of aquaculture, providing fish meal to the growing number of fish farms around the world.

From Time

That animal, an Atlantic salmon engineered to grow faster on fish farms, took 20 years to win a nod from regulators, and then got held up for four more years over a labeling dispute.

From MIT Technology Review

Also in Kenya, Victory Farms, a fish farm, supplies female sellers.

From Ozy

In the past two years, Katende can think of over a dozen people who have started their own fish farms after visiting the center.

From Ozy