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  • noun A person involved in aquaculture.

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Examples

  • Cage culture, however, is generally more capital-intensive than pond culture, and requires a considerably higher degree of knowledge of the nutritional needs of the fish, as the aquaculturist often supplies the fish with their sole source of food or feed.

    Chapter 14 1979

  • Several regional scientists, including Konrad Dabrowski, an aquaculturist at Ohio State University, argue that the Great Lakes are not conducive to Asian carp reproduction.

    NYT > Home Page By DAVID LEPESKA 2011

  • More specialised opportunities include fishery biologist, marine mammalogist, marine microbiologist, or aquaculturist.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • Not only does aquaculture offer the jobs our struggling economy and oyster industry desperately need, but the oysters actually improve the environment by filtering our waters and providing habitat for other valuable species such as crabs and finfish - all free of charge to the state, and courtesy of the aquaculturist.

    Maryland Daily Record 2010

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