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Question
Obtain information regarding pisciculture in India with the help of internet and reference books and write a note.
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Solution
- Pisciculture comes from the Latin words ‘piscis’ meaning ‘fish’ and ‘culture’ meaning ‘rearing’.
- It involves the artificial breeding, raising, and transporting of fish. Another name for it is fish farming. It involves the commercial cultivation of fish in enclosures or tanks, mainly for food.
- Salmaon, catfish, tilapia, cod, carp, trout, and other fish species are raised on fish farms.
- Commercial fishing operations have increased demand for wild fisheries, leading to widespread overfishing. Pisciculture provides an alternate approach to meet the growing market demand for fish and fish protein.
- During the last few decades, pisciculture has been facing a lot of issues, mostly owing to the problem of marketing, storage and transportation.
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