fish culture

noun

Origin of fish culture

First recorded in 1860–65

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To these gentlemen the country is much indebted for the knowledge derived from their zeal and success in fish culture.
Soil Culture | J. H. Walden
For example, this country is now enjoying the benefits of fish culture, but why did we not enjoy it a hundred years ago?
Buchanan's Journal of Man, December 1887 | Various
Mr. Thomson has given much attention and been quite successful in fish culture.
Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman Folsom
Fish-culture, on the other hand, hatches 95 per cent of the eggs and raises 75 per cent of the fry to the age of yearlings.
The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River in 1895-96 | Hugh M. Smith
It is much better adapted to fish culture than to the production of folks.
The Ghosts | Robert G. Ingersoll

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