mariculture

noun

mari·​cul·​ture ˈmer-ə-ˌkəl-chər 

ˈma-rə-

: the cultivation of marine organisms in their natural environment

mariculturist

ˌmer-ə-ˈkəl-chə-rist 

-ˈkəlch-rist

ˌma-rə-

noun

Examples of mariculture in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Alaska’s current mariculture permitting program provides no preferences for Alaska Natives or state residents. —Juliet Eilperin, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2023

City leaders were also exploring mariculture—raising seaweed, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins. —WIRED, 15 July 2023

Sustainable Mariculture: As mentioned above, TNC is shaping a productive seaweed mariculture industry in Belize aimed at reducing fishing pressure and restoring ecological balance by providing economic alternatives and nursery habitat for fish and invertebrates. —Bill Frist, Forbes, 9 June 2022

The Marine Biological Laboratory’s cephalopod mariculture team declared success in breeding the pygmy zebra octopus as a new lab animal. —Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Mar. 2022

Word History

Etymology

Latin mare sea + English -culture (as in agriculture)

First Known Use

circa 1909, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mariculture

• agriculture
• apiculture
• aquaculture
• counterculture
• floriculture
• horticulture
• monoculture
• sericulture
• silviculture
• viticulture
• arboriculture
• culture