篊ひび

noun

brushwood/bamboo piles for aquaculture; cultch

Technical term in fisheries: structures made of bundled brushwood or bamboo placed in water to collect oyster or seaweed spat. Also called 'cultch' or 'culch' in English aquaculture contexts.

• この湾わんでは、ひびを使つかって牡蠣かきを養よう殖しょくしている。

  In this bay, they use brushwood piles to cultivate oysters.

• 海の苔りの養よう殖しょくには、ひびと呼よばれる竹たけの柵さくが使つかわれる。

  For seaweed farming, bamboo fences called 'hibi' are used.