Fish Farming and Aqua farming (Fish Processing and Preserving, Fish Products and Fish By-Products, Fish meal) Fisheries and Aquaculture

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Fisheries and Aquaculture inIndia is a very important economic activities and a flourishing sector withvaried resources and potentials. Aquaculture, also known as aquafarming, is thefarming of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, molluscs and aquaticplants.  Aquaculture involves cultivatingfreshwater and saltwater populations under controlled conditions, and can becontrasted with commercial fishing, which is the harvesting of wild fish.Broadly speaking, the relation of aquaculture to finfish and shellfishfisheries is analogous to the relation of agriculture to hunting and gathering.Mariculture refers to aquaculture practiced in marine environments and inunderwater habitats. Particular kinds of aquaculture include fish farming,shrimp farming, oyster farming, mariculture, algaculture (such as seaweedfarming), and the cultivation of ornamental fish.

Aquaculture, probably thefastest growing food-producing sector, now accounts for nearly 50 percent ofthe world's food fish.The farming of the fishes for the commercial use likefood products in an area is called as Fish production or fish farming. Fishfarming or pisciculture is the principal form of aquaculture, while othermethods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commerciallyin tanks or enclosures, usually for food.

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