Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Relating or pertaining to the production of fish and other sea, lake, and river food-stuffs; piscicultural: as, an aquacultural experiment-station.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective of or pertaining to aquiculture.

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  • adjective Of or pertaining to aquaculture.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to aquiculture

Etymologies

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aquaculture +‎ -al

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Examples

  • Water supply for aquacultural developments in Central America (Aquaculture CRSP)

    Contributor: Ernest Tollner 2010

  • After several aquacultural introductions, all three species of blue mussels (M. galloprovincialis, M. trossulus, and M. edulis) have now hybridized in Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • Mangroves have been converted to shrimp aquacultural ponds, while intertidal mudflats have been extensively afforested with mangrove or intensely fished by lines of stack nets, which severely impacts their value as feeding habitat for migratory waterbirds and other species.

    Biological diversity in Indo-Burma 2008

  • No infections were detected after the snails were removed and screens were installed at the suspected source, an abalone aquacultural facility.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • Examples include pathogens that reside in the soils of potted horticultural imports; weed seeds that contaminate crop seeds; or pathogens that spread from aquacultural production facilities to native populations.

    Invasion fact sheet 2008

  • Propagule pressure has risen as a result of increased shipping traffic and aquacultural activities.

    Aquatic invasive species 2008

  • Concerned cooks and consumers can get up-to-date information about the health of fisheries and aquacultural practices from a number of public interest groups, including the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Concerned cooks and consumers can get up-to-date information about the health of fisheries and aquacultural practices from a number of public interest groups, including the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

    On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

  • Eligible commodities include commercially produced crops grown for food or fiber and the following specified crops: floriculture, ornamental nursery and Christmas tree crops, turfgrass sod, industrial crops and aquacultural species.

    Fact Sheet On Efforts In Response To Hurricane Floyd ITY National Archives 1999

  • An actual risk to public health from agricultural or aquacultural use of excreta requires a series of conditions.

    Chapter 6 1996

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