fish farm

noun

: a commercial facility for raising aquatic animals for human food
fish-farm transitive verb

Examples of fish farm in a Sentence

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Environmental Concerns Swai are typically raised in fish farms, which have harmful environmental effects. Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 24 Sep. 2024 Animal rights advocates have lambasted fish farm conditions, where fish often suffer from many of the same issues as animals raised on land, like overcrowding and disease. Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Then the researchers ran the numbers again, adding in other fish and other marine animals killed unintentionally by commercial fishing vessels, and removed fish farms that don’t feed their animals at all. Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 The monster movie focuses on a marine biologist doing research on a fish farm in a rural community located by the fjord. Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fish farm 

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fish farm was in 1865

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“Fish farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fish%20farm. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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