Question

Give one word for the following:

Rearing and breeding of fishes for food.

Answer 1

Pisciculture

1. Pisciculture is the production and management of fish.
2. It is also called fish farming.
3. It includes farming of both marine and freshwater animals.
4. The rearing and breeding of food fishes like prawns, lobsters, crabs, clams, mussels, etc. in ponds, lakes, rivers, estuaries and lagoons is called aquaculture.
5. Rearing and breeding of food fishes in marine water or fish farming in marine water is called mariculture.