fish farm

noun

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

Other Word Forms

• fish farming noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fish farm¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

Much of the conflict concerns the locations of many of the fish farms, which critics say are highly polluting.

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Ms MacLennan said an incident in January when a humpback got into difficulty at a Skye fish farm was particularly unusual.

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You’ll make two different salsas and tortillas and even fish for your trout on their on-site fish farm.

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An animal welfare charity says it filmed tonnes of dead and dying salmon being removed from a fish farm just hours before MSPs visited the site.

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Stopping off at an Arizona produce farm, a Wyoming fertilizer plant, a Colorado landfill, an Idaho fish farm, and several dairies, Easter shows how small businesses are making conscientious changes to how they work.

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