HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

GENERAL AGRICULTURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The practice of growing and harvesting fish in controlled conditions is called ____
A
harvest
B
natural material
C
aquaculture
D
pig iron
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Aquaculture can also be defined as the breeding, growing, and harvesting of fish and other aquatic plants, also known as farming in water. It is an environmental source of food and commercial product which help to improve healthier habitats and used to reconstruct population of endangered aquatic species.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aquaculture: The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fish farming is a form of aquaculture in which fish are raised in enclosures to be sold as food. It is the fastest growing area of animal food production. Today, about half the fish consumed globally are raised in these artificial environments. Commonly farmed species include salmon, tuna, cod, trout and halibut.

Detailed explanation-4: -mariculture, aquaculture. Mariculture is the term used for farming of marine fishes (seawater fishes) for food. The fishes that are grown in mariculture include finned fishes like sardines, tunas, halibuts and shellfishes like crabs, prawns.

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