fish pen
Underwater holding area
A fish pen is an enclosure in open water for raising or holding fish, typically made of netting stretched over a frame.
Unlike tanks on land, fish pens allow natural water flow while keeping fish contained: The salmon are raised in offshore fish pens.
Also called a sea cage or net pen.
- aquacultureFarming underwater organisms
- netFinal amount remaining
- cageBarred confinement structure
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- salmonPink-fleshed migratory fish
farmed salmon · salmon run · trout · hatchery · floating · ocean · farm · mesh · stock · fingerlings · breeding · pond · seine · corral · harvest · catch and release · feedlot · mariculture
containment vs. open habitat
fish penopen ocean
Sea far from shore
open sea · natural habitat · the wild · open water · natural ecosystem
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