fish cage

Submerged holding pen

A fish cage is an enclosure of netting or mesh suspended in open water to contain fish for farming or research.

Unlike tanks on land, fish cages allow water to flow through naturally while keeping the fish confined: The salmon farm operates dozens of fish cages in the bay.

Also called a net pen.

Related

buoyant · enclosure · netting · floating platforms · structure · harvest time · salmon farming · wild salmon · floating · pontoons · frame · sea pen · intensive · mooring lines · spawning grounds · species conservation · mariculture · feeders

Opposites
fishing/capture method

fish cagetrawl net

Cone-shaped fishing mesh

drift net · dragnet · fishing line · rod and reel · harpoon

fish habitat type

fish cageopen ocean

Sea far from shore

open sea · open water · natural habitat · the deep · wild river

Family

fish, cage, fishes, fished, fishing, fisher, fishery, fisheries, fishy

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G