藻場(もば)

もば
noun
seagrass bed; seaweed bed; underwater meadow
technicalnaturegeography
1. seagrass bed; seaweed bed; underwater meadow
A shallow coastal area densely covered with seagrass or seaweed. Valued as a spawning and nursery ground for fish, and treated in environmental policy as a habitat to be protected and restored.
湾(わん)の奥(おく)に藻場(もば)が広(ひろ)がっている。
A seagrass bed spreads across the inner part of the bay.
藻場(もば)は魚(さかな)の産卵場所(さんらんばしょ)になっている。
Seagrass beds serve as spawning grounds for fish.
水温(すいおん)の上昇(じょうしょう)で、この地域(ちいき)の藻場(もば)が減(へ)り続(つづ)けている。
Rising water temperatures have caused the seagrass beds in this area to keep shrinking.
漁協(ぎょきょう)と大学(だいがく)が協力(きょうりょく)して、失(うしな)われた藻場(もば)を再生(さいせい)する取(と)り組(く)みを始(はじ)めた。
The fishery cooperative and the university have jointly begun an effort to restore the lost seagrass beds.

Formed from 藻(も) (algae, water plants) + 場(ば) (place). A technical term from fisheries and marine conservation, common in news coverage of coastal environments.

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Related words

  • 磯焼(いそや)け: barren ground — the loss of seaweed beds along rocky coasts, the problem 藻場(もば) restoration addresses
  • 干潟(ひがた): tidal flat — another shallow-water habitat protected for similar reasons

Related Words

Related: 干潟(ひがた) (tidal flat)
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Added 2026.8.4 3:20 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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