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 What is the difference between Aquaculture and Mariculture?

Both aquaculture and mariculture are related to cultivation of aquatic products under controlled conditions.

Aquaculture involves culture, production and farming of both freshwater and marine water organisms.

Mariculture on the other hand is a branch of aquaculture foccusing only on marine water organisms.

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 Aquaculture is the farming of the aquatic plants or animals (no matter marine or fresh water) to be used as food or for commercial purposes. Mariculture is the cultivation of only marine organisms for commercial purposes.

In composite fish culture, five or six different species of fishes are grown together in a single fishpond. Fishes with different food habitats are chosen, so that they do not compete for food among themselves. For example, catla feed on the surface of water, rohu are middle zone feeders, mrigal and common carp are bottom feeders, and grass carp feed on weeds.

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 Aquaculture or also called as aqua farming is farming of salt water and freshwater organisms like finfish, crustaceans molluscs and aquatic plants. Mariculture, on the other hand is a specialized wing of aquaculture that is undertaken in marine environments. It involves cultivation of marine organisms in the open ocean or in an enclosed section of the ocean or in ponds, tanks filled with seawater.

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