what is the difference between pisciculture and aquaculture?
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Aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic organisms. Unlike fishing, aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, implies the cultivation of aquatic populations under controlled conditions. Mariculture refers to aquaculture practiced in marine environments. Particular kinds of aquaculture include algaculture (the production of kelp/seaweed and other algae); fish farming; shrimp farming, shellfish farming, and the growing of cultured pearls.
Pisciculture is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. It involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species’ natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Fish species raised by fish farms include salmon, catfish, tilapia, cod, carp, trout and others. Increasing demands on wild fisheries by commercial fishing operations have caused widespread overfishing. Fish farming offers an alternative solution to the increasing market demand for fish and fish protein.
Skechers
March 6, 2012 at 1:14 am
Aquaculture :
it is the farming of freshwater and saltwater organisms such as finfish, mollusks, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Also known as aquafarming, aquaculture involves cultivating aquatic populations under controlled conditions, and can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish. Commercial aquaculture supplies one half of the fish and shellfish that is directly consumed by humans.
pisciculture:
Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species’ natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. The most common fish species raised by fish farms are salmon, carp, tilapia, European seabass, catfish and cod.
Zenith
March 6, 2012 at 1:49 am
Pisciculture means the cultivation & management of Fishes only, where as Aquaculture means cultivation & management of any aquatic animals even plants.
Manas
March 6, 2012 at 1:57 am
Pisciculture is ONLY fish farming for commercial purpose. Aquaculture however is farming of various other marine life forms for commericial purpose. Pisciculture is a subset of aquaculture. Further info in the links
Reem
March 6, 2012 at 2:57 am
Introduction
Pisciculture is derived from two words Pisce (s) which means fish or fishes and culture which means rearing , raising or breeding of living things . Therefore Pisciculture is defined as a branched of animal husbandry that deals with rational deliberate culturing of fish or fishes to marketable size in a controlled water body .
Whereas Aquaculture on the other hand is a branch of animal husbandry involving raising or breeding of living things either plants e,g seaweed , plankton and algae or animals e.g fin-fish , shell -fish , oyster shell , clams , cockles , shrimps , crayfish , periwinkles , turtles in a controlled water body to marketable size . Pisciculture can also be define as a branch of Aquaculture that deals with raising of fish to marketable size in a controlled water body or simply put fish farming
History
Pisciculture has been practised from very early ages. It appears to have been in use in ancient Egypt, and was followed in China in early times on a very large scale. It was introduced in Great Britain by Mr. Shaw of Drumlanrig, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, in 1837.
Places where it is practiced
Pisciculture which has been practiced for centuries in the Far East, where Japan today produces over 100,000 tonnes of fish a year. The USA, Norway, and Canada are also big producers.
Types of fishes growen
The most common fish species raised by fish farms are salmon, carp, tilapia, European seabass, catfish and cod.
rita
November 7, 2012 at 8:03 am