aquaculture

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

aquaculture
    n 1: rearing aquatic animals or cultivating aquatic plants for
         food

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

aquaculture \aquaculture\ adj.
   1. the cultivation of aquatic animals, such as fish or
      shellfish, or of plants, such as seaweed, in a controlled
      and sometimes enclosed body of water. The term includes
      use of either salt or fresh water. It is a form of
      agriculture, but under water.
      [PJC]