trash fish

Chinese translation: 下脚鱼

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English term or phrase:trash fish
Chinese translation:下脚鱼
Entered by: Chinexpert

03:36 May 29, 2003
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/ aqua culture
English term or phrase: trash fish
Some of the premixes are used directly by the aquaculturist to formulate feeds at the farm (mixing with trash fish or coating on the feed).
Chinexpert
Local time: 01:32
trash fish
Explanation:
废鱼, 下脚鱼, 杂鱼
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5 +8无价值的鱼
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5trash fish
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无价值的鱼


Explanation:
无价值的鱼=fish of no value.

Fish with little or no financial value and cannot be sold for use as human food, pets, manufactured products, etc.

Thus, these fish are usually thrown away when caught. In the current context, though, it sounds like they are used as fodder (fed to other fish or animals) or compost (allowed to rot in order to provide nutrients for aquatic plants). Fodder or compost depends on the context; the quoted text only says "aquatic," so based on that sentence it could be either. And of course it makes sense to use cheap or commercially worthless fish species for either of these two purposes.

Alternate phrasings that express the same meaning could include 无价鱼只 (worthless fish) 廉价鱼只 (cheap fish) or, literally, 垃圾鱼只 (trash fish).

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Note added at 2003-05-29 06:31:51 (GMT)
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More specifically, because your quote says \"feed,\" it sounds like it more likely refers to fodder rather than compost.


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trash fish


Explanation:
废鱼, 下脚鱼, 杂鱼


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