fish farm

Salmon breeding operation

A fish farm is a facility where fish are raised commercially in controlled environments—tanks, ponds, or offshore enclosures.

Fish farming (aquaculture) produces species like salmon, tilapia, and catfish for food markets: Most Atlantic salmon sold in supermarkets comes from fish farms.

The practice raises concerns about disease, pollution, and escaped fish affecting wild populations.

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disease control · catfish · fingerlings · aerators · milkfish · trout · barramundi · piscine · biofilters · eutrophication · tanks · feeding · fresh catch · shrimp · sustainable · oysters · spawning · nets

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source/method of obtaining fish

fish farmwild-caught

Captured from the environment

deep-sea fishing · commercial fishing · traditional fishing · wild harvest · sport fishing

human intervention in fish populations

fish farmnatural ecosystem

Self-regulating biological community

open ocean · marine reserve · marine sanctuary · natural habitat · pristine waters

agricultural method

fish farmcattle ranch

Bovine breeding enterprise

poultry farm · crop farm · dairy farm · pig farm · grain farm

Family

fish, farm, farming, farmer, fishing, fisherman, shellfish, fishes, farmed

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