Question

Pisciculture is a rearing and production of-
A. Fishes
B. Birds
C. Reptiles
D. Wool yielding animals

Answer 1

Hint: The breeding, rearing, as well as production of fish by artificial means the process is known as pisciculture and also known as fish farming. There is a rising demand for fish and fish protein, which has resulted in widespread overfishing in wild fisheries.

Complete answer:
> Option A - Fish are gill-bearing aquatic animals that lack limbs along with digits. They together form a sister group to the tunicates, together forming the olfactory. Consisting of the definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, as well as cartilaginous along with bony fish and other various extinct related groups.

> Option B - Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates of the class Aves, and characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, as well as the laying of hard-shelled eggs, along with a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

> Option C - Reptiles are air-breathing vertebrates. They are covered in special skin made up of scales, bony plates, or sometimes a combination of both. Some examples of reptiles are- crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, and tor- toises. Their metabolism highly depends on the temperature of their surroundings.

> Option D - Wool, fleece, and fiber can be harvested from a number of wool-yielding animals such as - sheep, goats, rabbits, camels, llamas, alpaca, bison, and yak. It feels similar to alpaca as well as angora rabbit.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note: Fish farming or pisciculture consist raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures like fish ponds. It is the principal form of aquaculture. The most essential fish species used in fish farming are carp, salmon and catfish.