Aquaculture

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Aquaculture: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Pisciculture, Aquaculture, Hatcheries, Pearl Culture, Fish Seed, Prawn Culture, Induced Breeding of Fish, Rearing Ponds, Hatching Hapa, Stocking Ponds, Natural Breeding of Fish, Hatching Pits and, Fish Breeding Ponds

Important Questions on Aquaculture

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Define fishing.

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Fully developed fishes from rearing ponds are taken to market for sale.

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In which pond, hatched fishes are grown up to fingerling stage.

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Elaborate on the features of the nursing pond.

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Describe the working of hatching hapa.

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Define hatching pits.

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Define fish seed.

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Elaborate natural breeding of fishes.

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Define breeding pond.

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List fish culture management practices?

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The rearing and cultivation of aquatic animals is called sericulture.

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Write the prospects of aquaculture.

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Give any five features of Macrobrachium rosenbergii.

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Write any five characteristics of cultivable fishes.

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Describe the characters of any five freshwater ornamental fishes.

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A person who lives in sea shore area wants to do oyster culture business. Mention the types of oyster and their characters, he should know. Explain the methods of oyster culture.

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Find out true and false statements from the following. Accordingly, select the correct answer.

(I) Raceway culture method is used for culturing carp fish.

(ii) Rohu fish is used for controlling mosquito larvae.

(iii) Molly and Gourami are ornamental fish. 

(iv) In the Duck-fish culture method, fish of less than 10 c.m. size alone should be cultured along with Duck. 

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The exotic fish that exhibit buccal incubation is

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Fill in the blank with the correct option provided in the bracket.

Pearl oyster belongs to the class _____(Gastropoda/Cephalopoda/Pelecypoda).

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Fill in the blank with the correct option provided in the bracket.

The induced breeding technique is used in _____ (capture/culture) fishery.