Aquaculture Terms Important for Competitive Exam

Aquaculture Terms

Pisciculture – aquaculture practice involving finned fish.

Fish Hatchery – one form of a fish farm, managed with the intent of resupplying native wild populations in natural environments

Culture tanks – Artificial holding areas used to rear fish farm stocks.

Anadromous fish – migratory fish that live in salt water but breed in fresh water.

Catadromous fish – migratory fish that live in fresh water but breed in salt water.

Amphidromous fish – migratory fish that live in both fresh and salt water, independent of breeding.

Potamodromous fish – migratory fish that move within fresh water only.

Oceanodromous fish – migratory fish that move within salt water only.

Fingerling – Development stage of fish following the fry stage and continuing into the first three to four months of life.

Yearling – Development stage of fish following the fingerling stage and lasting until approximately one year of age.

Overfishing – detrimental practice of removing more of a natural aquatic species than what natural reproduction can support

State Fish:

West Bengal – Hilsa

Andhra Pradesh– Striped Murrel

Telangana – Striped Murrel

Odisha– Mahanadi Mahseer

Lakshadweep– Butterflyfish

Kerala – Karimeen/Pearlspot

Karnataka – Carnatic Carp

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