fish culture
noun
the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
Origin of fish culture
1First recorded in 1860–65
Words Nearby fish culture
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How to use fish culture in a sentence
To these gentlemen the country is much indebted for the knowledge derived from their zeal and success in fish culture.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenFor 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 | VariousMr. Thomson has given much attention and been quite successful in fish culture.
Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman FolsomFish-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. SmithIt is much better adapted to fish culture than to the production of folks.
The Ghosts | Robert G. Ingersoll
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