The practice of rearing fishes for commercial purposes is popularly known as:

Horticulture

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Apiculture

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Pisciculture

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Agriculture

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Solution

The correct option is C
Pisciculture

Farming of fishes in ponds or lakes for commercial purposes is known as pisciculture. Pisciculture is derived by the combination of piscis (Latin for fish) and culture from English.

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Which option can be used for the blank?

______ are reared by the farmer for commercial purposes.

List I (Types)	List II (Practices)
(A) Horticulture	(1) Cultivation of fruits and vegetables
(B) Sericulture	(2) Cultivation of grapevines
(C) Pisciculture	(3) Breeding of fish
(D) Viticulture	(4) Commercial rearing of silkworms

Practice of culturing marine fish is known as:

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