carcinicultura

English translation: crab culture

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Portuguese term or phrase:carcinicultura
English translation:crab culture
Entered by: H. Russell Fisher

14:42 Oct 22, 2008
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Science - Fisheries / shrimp cultivation
Portuguese term or phrase: carcinicultura
some type of shrimp cultivation.
H. Russell Fisher
Local time: 20:25
crab culture
Explanation:
More than 19,000 hits for the term. Seems better than "crab raising"--"raising would typically be limited to mammals and sounds strange in relation to crustacean life.

Boa sorte.
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Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 19:25
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Summary of answers provided
4crab raising
rhandler
3 +1shrimp farming
isarcat
3crab culture
Robert Forstag


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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
crab raising


Explanation:
Carcino = crab

This is it, look:

Farm Raising Blue Crabs
16 postagens - 9 autores - Última postagem: 24 out. 2007
Can anyone tell me if farm raising blue crabs is something that is .... Do anybody here is serious about thinking this blue crab raising ...
www.bluecrab.info/forum/index.php?topic=4730.0

Chongming hairy crabs on the way-
Shanghai Ocean University, formerly Shanghai Fisheries University, is to set up hairy crab raising centers in suburban Chongming County in a bid to increase ...
www.infoyu.net/NewsCenter/Aquaculture/08-4-26-80.html

rhandler
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Native speaker of: Portuguese
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
shrimp farming


Explanation:
The def. of carcinocultura parace ser para camarao (S. carcini e uma variedade. Veja Wikipedia (nas duas linguas) at:

http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinicultura

Ha muitas outras paginas no google que oferecem a definicao de carcinocultura... research a few, most are from Brasil...
embora eu saiba que carcinus denota caranguejo... strange.



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Note added at 49 mins (2008-10-22 15:32:18 GMT)
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OOOps, quis dizer que S. carcini e uma variedade de parasita de caranguejo, NOT camarao. Nevertheless, carcinicultura parace ser usado as "shrimp farming." I just wanted you to notice the seemingly conflicting information.

isarcat
Local time: 19:25
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
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Thanks for the help

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ben Kohn: Just had to translate this term too, I know this question is old and closed, but thought I'd let the asker know that this is the correct answer, it's definitely shrimp farming.
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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
crab culture


Explanation:
More than 19,000 hits for the term. Seems better than "crab raising"--"raising would typically be limited to mammals and sounds strange in relation to crustacean life.

Boa sorte.

Robert Forstag
United States
Local time: 19:25
Native speaker of: English
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thanks
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