Some of the terms used in fisheries are given below:
Terms used in Fisheries Culture:
Aqua culture: Aquaculture is the culture of aquatic organisms like fish, mollusks, crustaceans etc. in controlled aquatic environments.
Pisciculture: Pisciculture is the controlled breeding and rearing of fish, typically for commercial purposes.
Fishery: Fisheries involve the harvesting and management of fish populations in natural or artificial bodies of water.
Capture fishery: Capture fishery involves catching fish directly from oceans, rivers, lakes and harvesting for consumption or commercial purposes.
Culture Fishery: Culture fishery involves control breeding and farming of fish in confined areas like ponds or tanks.
Inland fisheries: Inland fisheries refers to the harvesting of fish and other aquatic organisms from freshwater environments such as rivers, lakes and ponds.
Marine Fisheries: Marine fisheries involve the capture and harvesting of fish and other aquatic organisms from the seas or oceans.
Monoculture: Monoculture is cultivation of single/one species of fish in a water body to maximises overall productivity.
Example: Tilapia, Trout, Catfish etc.
Polyculture: Polyculture is cultivation of different species of fish together in the same environment to maximise overall productivity.
Example: Indian Major carps: Catla (Catla catla), Rohu (Labeo rohita) and Mrigal (Cirrhinus mrigala).
Extensive Fish culture: Extensive fish culture involves the cultivation of fish in large water bodies like pond, lakes reservoirs with less management depend on natural food sources.
Semi-intensive Fish culture: Semi-intensive fish culture involves the cultivation of fish in small ponds with moderate level of management depend on natural and supplement food sources.
Intensive fish culture: Intensive fish culture involves the cultivation of fish in a highly controlled method in a artificial confined space like tank or raceways rely on artificial food sources.
Pen culture: Pen culture in fish farming involves confining fish within underwater pens or enclosures made of nets in natural water bodies allowing for controlled cultivation.
Example: Salmon
Cage Culture: Cage culture is an aquaculture production system in which fishes is are raised in cages submerged in water bodies such as lakes, rivers and seas
Example: Tilapia, Catfish, Trout, Striped bass, carp etc.
Brood Stock Management: Broodstock management involves the careful selection, maintenance and breeding of mature fish used as breeding stock in aquaculture
Composite Fish Culture: Composite fish culture is a sustainable aquaculture practice that involves cultivating multiple compatible fish species together in the same pond.
Induced Breeding: Induced breeding is a reproductive technique in fish culture where the natural breeding process of fish is stimulated by use of hormones.