ocean ranching

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

ocean ranching
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