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Mariculture

Farming fish and shellfish in the sea, often in floating net cages, as with salmon in Norway or cobia in India.

Also: sea cage farming, cage culture

Mariculture is aquaculture in sea water. Floating cages anchored in sheltered fjords and bays hold salmon in Norway, Scotland and Chile, sea bream and sea bass in the Mediterranean, and yellowtail and tuna in Japan. In India, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has promoted sea cage farming of cobia, silver pompano and seabass. Escapes can mix farmed fish with wild ones, sea lice can spread from farms to wild salmon, and waste can foul the sea bed, so sites and stocking are regulated.

See also

Aquaculture Cleaner fish Recirculating aquaculture system

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