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ocean ranching

ocean ranching noun: a type of aquaculture, used mainly in culturing Pacific salmon, wherein juvenile fish are hatched and reared, released to mature in the open ocean, and caught when they return as adults to spawn.

Noun

ocean ranching (uncountable)

  1. A type of aquaculture, used mainly in culturing Pacific salmon, wherein juvenile fish are hatched and reared, released to mature in the open ocean, and caught when they return as adults to spawn.
    • For example, Anderson (1985a) models the interactions between ocean ranching (the hatching and release of smolts of anadromous fish, such as coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), which migrate into ocean waters and later return to be harvested) and commercial fishing.2003, Porter Hoagland et al., “The Optimal Allocation of Ocean Space: Aquaculture and Wild-Harvest Fisheries”, in Marine Resource Economics, volume 18, page 132

Questions about ocean ranching

What does ocean ranching mean?
Ocean ranching means a type of aquaculture, used mainly in culturing Pacific salmon, wherein juvenile fish are hatched and reared, released to mature in the open ocean, and caught when they return as adults to spawn.
What part of speech is ocean ranching?
Ocean ranching is a noun.

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