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Aquaculture Quiz

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1 

Aquaculture includes the raising of fish but not the raising of mollusks, like clams or oysters. That is known as Molluskculture.
 

 2 

Aquaculture is the fastest growing sector of U.S. Agriculture.
 

 3 

Ohio is one of the leading states in Aquaculture production.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 4 

The first trout farm in the U.S. to artificially fertilize its fish eggs was in which state in 1853?
a
Idaho
b
Mississippi
c
Maine
d
Ohio
 

Multiple Response
Identify one or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
 

 5 

Choose all of the specifics that should be involved in the species selection when choosing to enter into aquaculture production.
 a
marketability
 e
production economics
 b
species color
 f
legality of the species
 c
water supply
 g
species size
 d
production methods
 h
species biology
 

Numeric Response
 

 6 

Most aquaculture species can achieve a feed to meat conversion of _______ lbs of feed to 1 pound of fish.

 

 7 

The total value of U.S. Aquaculture is $_________ billion.

 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 8 

The National Aquaculture Act was passed in what year?  ______________
 

 

 9 

Which state leads the U.S. in catfish production?   _____________________________
 

 

 10 

The seafood that U.S. citizens consume the most, in pounds per person, is

____________________.
 

 



 
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