What is another word for Pisciculture?

Pronunciation: [pˈɪsɪkˌʌlt͡ʃə] (IPA)

Pisciculture, or fish farming, is an age-old practice that involves raising fish in controlled environments for commercial or recreational purposes. There are several synonyms for the word pisciculture, including aquaculture, fish culture, fish farming, and fish husbandry. Aquaculture is the breeding, rearing, and harvesting of aquatic plants and animals, while fish culture and fish husbandry are terms used to describe the various methods and techniques used to rear and breed fish. Fish farming is the most commonly used synonym for pisciculture, but all of these terms refer to the same activity of raising fish in a controlled environment for various purposes.

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Usage examples for Pisciculture

Thus, like the edible oyster of our own shores, the pearl-oyster may be brought within the domain of Pisciculture, and banks may be created in suitable places, just as the southern shores of France are now being colonised with oysters, under the direction of M. Coste.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
Experimental Pisciculture has been highly successful in the United States, and will probably soon become a regular branch of rural industry, especially as Congress, at the session of 1871-2, made liberal provision for its promotion.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh
Indeed, were it not for the risks arising from attacks of fungi, Pisciculture, as now understood and carried on, would be an unalloyed pleasure and unbounded success.
"Amateur Fish Culture"
Charles Edward Walker

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