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A fish hatchery is a "place for artificial breeding, hatching and rearing through the early life stages of animals, finfish and shellfish in particular". Hatcheries produce larval and juvenile fish (and shellfish and crustaceans) primarily to support the aquaculture industry where they are transferred to on-growing systems i.e. fish farms to reach harvest size. Some species that are commonly raised in hatcheries include Pacific oysters, shrimp, Indian prawns, salmon, tilapia and scallops. The value of global aquaculture production is estimated to be US$98.4 billion in 2008 with China significantly dominating the market, however the value of aquaculture hatchery and nursery production has yet to be estimated. Additional hatchery production for small-scale domestic uses, which is particularly prevalent in South-East Asia or for conservation programmes, has also yet to be quantified.
There is much interest in supplementing exploited stocks of fish by releasing juveniles that may be wild caught and reared in nurseries before transplanting, or produced solely within a hatchery. Culture of finfish larvae has been utilised extensively in the United States in stock enhancement efforts to replenish natural populations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have established a National Fish Hatchery System to support the conservation of native fish species.
Usage examples of "fish hatchery".
He went on to announce that there was evidence that the planet harbored its own egg-layers, too, for broken shells had been found above the high-tide line on the beach where the harbor and the fish hatchery were being constructed.
Now that they'd tasted it, they yearned to refine their focus, to know every microbe in the Cassrians' hatching pond, every denizen of the river, every disease destroying the fish hatchery, every parasite attacking the sprouting fields&mdash.
Something stirred and splashed in the metal cages, confirming Nighthawk's theory of a fish hatchery.
They landed in the waters of a fish hatchery south of Lok Ma Chau.
As the first stars began to show, I emerged from the forest onto the road near the fish hatchery where the pickup truck stood.
I'Seba Poole, runs the fish hatchery at the outlet of Lake Megunticook.
A makeshift laboratory was set up at the Pecos Fish Hatchery two miles upstream from the village to make preliminary examinations of the animals being snared in the spreading network of traps.
We've had beans for the main course three times this week already, and Calla said we're going to have to raid the poopuus' fish hatchery next.
His father often used to bring him down and watch the workmen from the state fish hatchery stock it.
Stegemeir after his pickup went off the road by the fish hatchery last year and I-I can't help remembering it.
He had taken science courses at Stanford University, had worked in a fish hatchery, and was a good friend of Ed Ricketts, a marine biologist.
The Fin'n'Tail fish hatchery, in the valley below the town, was well stocked with cutthroat and rainbow trout.