fish farming

American  

[fish fahrm-ing] / ˈfɪʃ ˈfɑrm ɪŋ /

noun

1. the breeding and raising of fish for commercial purposes; the operation of a fish farm.

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Example Sentences

He has traveled in a bus packed with U.S. farmers down narrow roads into rural Cambodia, where the landscape is dotted with half-acre ponds used for fish farming.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

One of his senior students said the assignment inspired him to explore taking classes on aquaculture, the practice of fish farming, at Santa Monica College.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024

The study did not include recreational fishing, fish farming or foreign fishing fleets.

From Science Daily • Feb. 13, 2024

The hundreds of millions of tons harvested annually are used almost exclusively to create that fish meal, a product that is in turn used to make feed for industrial, high-end fish farming.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2024

Irrigation agriculture and fish farming provide ideal living conditions for the snails carrying schistosomiasis and for flukes that burrow through our skin as we wade through the feces-laden water.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond