List of aquaculture terms
Sub-sectors and branches of aquaculture
Below is a glossary of 44 aquaculture terms with definition, examples, transcription, and translations as used in the context of aquaculture.
League (noun)
League: A unit of length that is equal to about three miles on land and about three nautical miles (5.556 km) at sea. It is about 6,080 yards - or three nautical miles (each league being 6,080 feet). In SI units 1 unit is 5556 meters.... league (read more)
Aquiculture (noun)
Aquiculture: Culture of aquatic organisms in freshwater and brakish water... Aquiculture (read more)
Mariculture (noun)
Mariculture: Cultivation, management, and harvesting of marine organisms (fish, shellfish, molluscs, crustaceans, echinoderms and aquatic plants) in their natural environment (i.e. estuarine, coastal, and offshore waters) or in enclosures such as tanks, pens, ponds, channels, cages or net enclosed areas in the open sea.... mariculture (read more)
Aquaponics (noun)
Aquaponics: Production system that couples aquaculture (raising aquatic animals such as fish, crayfish, snails or prawns in tanks) with hydroponics (cultivating plants in water) whereby the nutrient-rich aquaculture water is fed to hydroponically-grown plants, where nitrifying bacteria convert ammonia into nitrates.... Aquaponics (read more)
Marine water (noun)
Marine water: naturally occurring water which contains a high concentration of dissolved salts, whose salinity is above 10g/l.... marine water (read more)
Fresh water (noun)
Fresh water: Naturally occurring liquid or frozen water with very low concentration in salt (less than 1,000 milligrams per litter of dissolved salts and salinity of less than 0.5), and low conductivity (conductivity often less than 200 µS/cm). It refers to all waters with low hardness including all inland aquatic systems such as streams, brooks, springs, rivers and lakes.... fresh water (read more)
Port of registry (noun)
Port of registry: The port at which the details of a ship or boat are officially recorded.... port of registry (read more)
Deckhand (noun)
Deckhand: A member of the navy or the merchant marine, or any sailor on a ship, below the rank of officer - Often lowest rank in the navy, below petty officer. A sailor who performs manual duties that do not require special training.... Deckhand (read more)
Fishing vessel (noun)
Fishing vessel: A fishing vessel shall be any boat, no matter its size, that is used in activities connected with fisheries.... fishing vessel (read more)
Fishing licence (noun)
Fishing licence: An administrative or legal mechanism employed by local governments to regulate fishing.... fishing licence (read more)
Merchant shipping (noun)
Merchant shipping: Branch of aquatic navigation, which deals with all means of transport of cargo or civilian passengers for hire (as a business) using merchant sea vessels whether privately or publicly owned. It is shipping which is involved in commerce (rather than defence, leisure, recreation, etc.)... merchant shipping (read more)
Storm (noun)
Storm: Very bad weather caracterised by strong, localised disturbance in a planet’s atmosphere that causes intense wind, precipitation, thunder, snow or other phenomena... Storm (read more)
Tonnage (noun)
Tonnage: The amount of cargo that a ship can carry, expressed in tonnes.... tonnage (read more)
Fish farming (noun)
Fish farming: A form of aquaculture dealing with the culture of fish.... fish farming (read more)
Shrimp vessel (noun)
Shrimp vessel: A vessel designed or used for catching shrimps.... shrimp vessel (read more)
Territorial water (noun)
Territorial water: In international law, it is that area of the sea immediately adjacent to the shores of a state and subject to the territorial jurisdiction of that state. It extends to a limit of 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal State.... territorial water (read more)
Nautical mile (noun)
Nautical mile: A unit used in measuring distances at sea, equal to 1,852 metres (approximately 2,025 yards), or one minute of arc along the Earth’s equator.... nautical mile (read more)
Bay (noun)
Bay: An area of the sea or a large lake, partly surrounded by a wide curve of land. In international fisheries law, it is a well-marked indentation whose penetration is in such proportion to the width of its mouth as to contain land-locked waters and constitute more than a mere curvature of the coast, with its area as large as, or larger than, that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation.... bay (read more)
Roadstead (noun)
Roadstead: A partly-sheltered anchorage; a stretch of water near the shore where vessels may ride at anchor, but with less protection than a harbour. ... roadstead (read more)
Water Police (noun)
Water Police: Police officers, usually a department of a larger police organization, under the authority of the State, responsible for the control and protection of water resources by monitoring and controlling water quality to prevent pollution, and ensure the application of laws concerning water resources. They do so by patrolling coastal seawaters, rivers, estuaries, harbors, lakes, canals or a combination of these, in watercrafts.... Water Police (read more)
Licence (noun)
Licence: An official document that shows that permission has been given to carry out fishery activities, to own or to operate a fishery equipment.... licence (read more)
Ship (noun)
Ship: A large boat that carries people or goods across the seas or oceans... ship (read more)
Sea (noun)
Sea: The salt water that covers most of the earth's surface and surrounds its continents and islands ... sea (read more)
Public waterways (noun)
Public waterways: State-owned watercourses and lakes.... public waterways (read more)
Mesh (noun)
Mesh: A type of material made from wires or threads that are woven like a net, especially only allowing liquid to pass through.... mesh (read more)
Net (noun)
Net: A type of fishing implement or material that is made of string, thread or wire twisted or tied together (netting) or interwoven rope, wire, etc. forming meshes of suitable size especially used to catch fish or other aquatic animals.... net (read more)
Shipping (noun)
Shipping: The transport of goods by sea or some other means; business of carrying goods, especially in ship... shipping (read more)
Merchant fleet (noun)
Merchant fleet: The total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)... Merchant fleet (read more)
Lobster (noun)
Lobster: A large marine crustacean of the family Nephropidae with a hard shell, eight legs, and two large claws... lobster (read more)
Langoustine (noun)
Langoustine: A small orangish lobster (Nephrops norvegicus), especially used as food ... langoustine (read more)
Water (noun)
Water: a liquid without colour, smell or taste that falls as rain, is in lakes, rivers and seas, and is used for drinking, washing, etc... water (read more)
Surrounding net (noun)
Surrounding net: Net which catches fish by surrounding them both from the sides and from underneath, thus preventing them from escaping in deep waters by diving downwards. ** Apart from a few exceptions, they are surface nets in which the float line is supported by numerous floats. It's mostly used in the open ocean to catch dense schools of single-species pelagic fish.... Surrounding net (read more)
Sein (noun)
Sein: net which is usually set from a boat, can be operated either from the shore (beach seines) or from the boat itself (e.g., Danish or Scottish seines). The manner of capture is to surround an area of water with a very long net, with or without a bag at the centre. The net is usually operated by two ropes fixed to its ends, used both for hauling it in and for herding the fish.... Sein (read more)
Ring net (noun)
Ring net: Net with the central bunt in the form of a spoon and two lateral wings, which makes it possible to retain the shoal of fish when the two wings are hauled up at the same time. It is shaped more like a purse seine and most often fitted with bridles to help pull in the leadline. These nets are generally operated by a simple boat, relatively small.... ring net (read more)
Beach seine (noun)
Beach seine: Type of seine operated from land, which are generally used in shallow waters, near the shore; the bottom and surface act as natural barriers which prevent the fish from escaping from the area enclosed by the net. A distinction is made between beach seines with a bag and beach seines without a bag; the latter do have, however, a central part with smaller meshes and more slack, which retains the fish caught... Beach seine (read more)
Trawl net (noun)
Trawl net: A large net with a wide opening, that according to the type, is use at the bottom or in midwater(pelagic) in seas or oceans, dragged by one or many boats in order to catch fish (especially shrimps, catfish, etc). ** It is a towed net consisting of a cone-shaped body, closed by a bag or codend and extended at the opening by wings. It can be towed by one or two boats.... Trawl net (read more)
Low-tide elevation (noun)
Low-tide elevation: A naturally formed offshore land feature (such as mudflat, shoal, rock, or reef ) within a distance of not more than 12 nautical miles from the low-water line of the mainland or an island, which is surrounded by water and visible at low tide but submerged at high tide.... Low-tide elevation (read more)
Prawn (noun)
Prawn: A decapod crustacean, a shellfish with ten legs and a long tail, that are commonly eaten as a food and resemble a large shrimp.... Prawn (read more)
Tiger prawn (noun)
Tiger prawn: A large edible prawn of the genus Penaeus with dark bands across the body, fished commercially in the Indian and Pacific oceans.... Tiger prawn (read more)
Crustacean (noun)
Crustacean: Any of various widespread arthropods (invertebrate with jointed appendages) of the subphylum Crustacea that live mostly in water and have a hard shell, with a segmented body. Crustaceans are the largest group of marine arthropods, which include crabs, lobsters, and prawns and shrimps. ... Crustacean (read more)
Discard (verb)
Discard: To get rid of fishery products that you no longer want or need... Discard (read more)
Nautical (adjective)
Nautical: Connected with ships, sailors and sailing, seamanship, marine navigation.... Nautical (read more)
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