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Q. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?
(i) Fishery is an industry, which deals with catching, processing and marketing of fishes and other aquatic animals such as prawn, crab, lobster, edible oyster,
etc. that have a high economic value.
(ii) Both aquaculture and pisciculture are same.
(iii) The development and flourishing of the fishery industry is called silver revolution.

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Solution:

Pisciculture refers to the breeding, hatching and rearing of fishes under controlled conditions whereas aquaculture is the cultivation of aquatic organisms such as algae, fishes, prawns, shrimps, crabs and pearl-oysters etc. at commercial level by proper utilization of small and large water bodies. The development and flourishing of the fishery industry is called blue revolution.