sembrar

English translation: seeding

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Spanish term or phrase:sembrar
English translation:seeding
Entered by: Rachel Fell

18:18 Feb 8, 2014
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Fisheries / shrimp farming
Spanish term or phrase: sembrar
Refers to stage of shrimp farming, putting in pools. After initial stage they are put in another pool for fattening. Sembrar is early stage. Not clear to me whether there is English equivalent.
Phillip Berryman
Local time: 18:13
seeding
Explanation:
just noticed while preparing this that Taña has made a similar ref.

Extensive management system

This type of shrimp farming operation is the traditional practice of natural seeding of ponds with shrimps by tidal inflow or pumping. Seeds may be stocked but of low density (3 000–5 000/ha); rearing of shrimps depends on natural food.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/009/ag164e/AG164E03.htm
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Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:13
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5seeding
Rachel Fell
4shrimp sowing
ormiston
3plant
Susie Rawson
Summary of reference entries provided
Refs.
Taña Dalglish

Discussion entries: 1





  

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plant


Explanation:
I think you could say plant. In this first stage, the shrimp is planted in the pools.

Susie Rawson
Argentina
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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shrimp sowing


Explanation:
On a hunch that it is a literal translation, found a U.S. article about shrimp sowing in ponds. Sorry cannot paste link.

ormiston
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
seeding


Explanation:
just noticed while preparing this that Taña has made a similar ref.

Extensive management system

This type of shrimp farming operation is the traditional practice of natural seeding of ponds with shrimps by tidal inflow or pumping. Seeds may be stocked but of low density (3 000–5 000/ha); rearing of shrimps depends on natural food.
http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/009/ag164e/AG164E03.htm

Rachel Fell
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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Thanks, Rachel, and all who contributed.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Taña Dalglish: Yes, I think so too based on this: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/environment_eco...
27 mins
  -> Thank you Taña - seemed the right word :-)

agree  Carlos Blanco, B.Sc. in Chemistry: It is called that
2 hrs
  -> Thank you Carlos :-)

agree  Maria-Ines Arratia
16 hrs
  -> Thank you Maria-Ines :-)

agree  Alicia Pallas: "Seeding" is the right term in aquaculture for the introduction of early stage individuals.
22 hrs
  -> Thank you Alicia :-)

agree  lugoben
1 day 20 hrs
  -> Thank you lugoben :-)
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Reference comments


2 hrs
Reference: Refs.

Reference information:
http://www.fao.org/fi/glossary/aquaculture/spec-term-n.asp?i...

Sembrar (a)
Definición(es)
Proceso de introducción de organimos vivos en un una unidad de cultivo para que engorden (por ej., estanque de alevinaje, estanque de engorde) o para que se reproduzcan (por ej., estanque de reproducción).
Fuente(s) de la información
Área(s) temática(s) de acuicultura: Teconología de producción y tendencias
Sinónimo(s):
Término(s) relacionado(s): Repoblación
Imagen afin:
Árbol de decisiones para diferentes tipos de repoblación destinados a la mejora de los stocks.

A previous glossary entries with links which may help:
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/environment_eco...
Spanish term or phrase: peces "sembrados"
English translation: to seed fish / sown fish
Explanation:
http://books.google.es/books?id=VICtg51SGIwC&pg=PT110&lpg=PT...
peces sembrados = seed fish (seed = noun in apposition functioning as an an adjective)
http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/depts/crll/latin101/Chapter3/c3...


http://www.google.es/#hl=es&source=hp&q="to seed fish"&meta=...

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Native speaker of: English
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