ocean ranching
n.— «Don’t ever refer to it as farming—but home grown fishes are the Alaska’s largest agricultural crop. Instead, call it “ocean ranching.”» —“Home grown fishes, Salmon sales slip, Funds for injured fishermen” by Laine Welch SitNews (Ketchikan, Alaska) Apr. 4, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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