HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Aquafarming is also known as ____ and involves the breeding, raising, and/or harvesting of aquatic animals or the cultivation of aquatic plants for food.
A
Waterculture
B
Aquaculture
C
Fishculture
D
Aquatic harvesting
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -aquaculture, also called fish farming, fish culture, or mariculture, the propagation and husbandry of aquatic plants, animals, and other organisms for commercial, recreational, and scientific purposes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aquaculture is also referred to as fish farming. The seafood that you find at your local grocery store is likely labeled as farmed fish. Aquaculture can happen all over the world, and it does: in coastal ocean waters, freshwater ponds and rivers, and even on land in tanks.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aquaculture: The farming of aquatic organisms including fish, molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming implies some sort of intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lotus).

Detailed explanation-5: -Aquaculture or farming in water is the aquatic equivalent of agriculture or farming on land.

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