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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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. (A) Only (i) (B) Both (ii) and (iii) (C) Both (i) and (iii) (D) All of these

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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.