Example Sentences

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"Previously, we produced an average of 100 million shrimp larvae annually. Now, we're not even reaching 60-70 million," said MS Varma of Srimannarayana Hatcheries in Veeravasaram town.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2025

Hatcheries from around the country are reporting that demand is surprisingly robust this year.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2023

Hatcheries, too, are pumping out more salmon to feed orcas in what amounts to what may be the world’s largest-ever wild animal feeding effort.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 18, 2021

Hatcheries — which produce fertilized eggs that are placed in spawning areas — helped stave off extinction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2021

Bent ox er their instruments, three hundred Fertilizers were plunged, as the Director of Hatcheries and Conditioning entered the room, in the scarcely breathing silence, the absent- minded, soliloquizing hum or whistle, of absorbed concentration.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley