aquaculture

/ˈækwəˌkʌlʧər/

The practice of raising fish or water plants for food is known as aquaculture. A shrimp farmer works in the aquaculture industry.

The word aquaculture combines the Latin aqua-, "water," with culture, also from a Latin root, meaning "agriculture" or "a cultivating." Originally, this term referred only to fish farming. Today, you can also practice aquaculture by growing seaweed and algae, or raising shellfish like oysters and scallops. Today, aquaculture provides about half of all the fish and shellfish eaten by humans.

Definitions of aquaculture

1. noun

   rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for food
   type of:

   cultivation

   (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)