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LOBSTER TANK [1 record]

Record 1 2017-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
DEF

A tank full of water in which live lobsters are kept.

OBS

lobster pound; pound: These terms are also used in the broader sense of "facility, structure or impoundment in which live lobsters are kept."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

vivier : Réservoir où l'on conserve les produits de la pêche.

OBS

vivier à homards : Le terme «vivier» peut avoir le sens de «bassin», de «réservoir» ou «d'enclos» où sont conservés des poissons ou des crustacés vivants. On trouve donc le terme «vivier à homards» aussi employé pour désigner des notions proches mais distinctes.

Spanish

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