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POND REARING [6 records]

Record 1 2021-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

The goal of [the] project was to construct and evaluate a new generation of rearing pond that allows for both water recirculation and the rapid recovery of wastes.

OBS

General term applied to all types of ponds in which [aquatic animals or plants] are grown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

Terme général appliqué à tous les types d'étangs dans lesquels des [animaux et plantes aquatiques] sont élevés.

PHR

étang de culture d'algues

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
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Record 2 2016-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

A fry rearing pond is a small pond in which fry are placed for growing into fingerlings of suitable size for stocking.

CONT

The requirements for fry rearing ponds ... are: they should not be built too large (a maximum of 5000 m), excellent quality of water supply, perfect drainage, good vehicle access, suitable harvesting devices (e.g. designed for small fish).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Petit étang où sont élevés des alevins, jeunes poissons destinés au peuplement des étangs ou des rivières.

CONT

Les étangs d'alevinage sont de petites tailles (200 à 2 000 m), facilement remplissables, vidangeables et font l'objet d'une préparation spéciale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
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Record 3 2008-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seafood and Freshwater Food (Food Industries)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

Open ponds, rivers, and bays are stocked with natural or cultured young and are maintained with densities that are balanced with the existing ecosystem. Competing species are controlled, and natural recycling techniques are encouraged. This form of aquaculture can use both natural and constructed ponds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Produits de mer et d'eau douce (Industr. alim.)
  • Aquaculture
OBS

Élevage du poisson dans des plans d'eau peu profonds et vidangeables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos del mar y de agua dulce (Ind. alimentaria)
  • Acuicultura
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Record 4 2006-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Crustaceans
CONT

Modern large-scale shrimp farming is carried out in specially designed pond farms following mainly semi-intensive forms of culture, which have generally proved to be more economical. Such farms usually have a hatchery and nursery and rearing ponds... Ponds in Central and South American shrimp farms are sometimes larger, up to 20 ha in area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Crustacés

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Crustaceans
DEF

The farming of shrimps.

OBS

Modern large-scale shrimp farming is carried out in specially designed pond farms following mainly semi-intensive forms of culture, which have generally proved to be more economical. Such farms usually have a hatchery and nursery and rearing ponds...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
  • Crustacés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acuicultura
  • Crustáceos
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Record 6 1992-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

By the use of nursery tanks or small ponds, greater control of water quality and predation by insects and their larvae, as well as predatory fishes, etc., can be achieved ... One of the essential requirements in nursery farms is the eradication of the many pests and predators that infest fish ponds.

CONT

They conducted research on pond rearing of juvenile Atlantic salmon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Pour la plupart des espèces de poissons en élevage extensif, la reproduction se fait naturellement en étang.

OBS

La pisciculture en étang procède d'une démarche [...] différente de celle de la salmoniculture qui s'apparente plutôt à une production de type hors-sol. Elle consiste à assurer une production zootechnique, principalement à partir des ressources renouvelables de l'écosystème aquatique que constitue l'étang.

Spanish

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