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HATCHERY FACILITY [3 records]

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Record 1 2021-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Fish
CONT

Our … salmon hatchery is a … facility [where we] raise coho and chum salmon from eggs to fingerlings(young fish) before releasing them [in] May for their four-year journey in the Pacific Ocean.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Poissons

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
  • Peces
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Record 2 2020-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Animal Reproduction
DEF

A [place] used for the maintenance and conditioning of broodstock (fish and shellfish) and for the culture of their larvae.

CONT

At a hatchery, salmon eggs are nurtured in freshwater tanks for about 15 months. The resulting outputs from the hatcheries are called smolts, which are young salmon in the stage of its first migration to the sea.

OBS

Hatcheries provide seed for the culture and grow-out of organisms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Reproduction des animaux
DEF

[Emplacement] destiné à la reproduction des géniteurs et à l'obtention des larves d'invertébrés et de poissons.

OBS

L'écloserie fournit des larves aux entreprises de grossissement et d'élevage.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

A person that operates a hatchery.

OBS

hatchery : A facility used for the maintenance and conditioning of broodstock(fish and shellfish) and for the culture of their larvae.

Key term(s)
  • hatchery person

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Celui ou celle qui exploite une écloserie.

OBS

écloserie : Installation destinée à la reproduction des géniteurs et à l'obtention des larves d'invertébrés et de poissons.

Spanish

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