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What is ocean ranching ? How are aqua-cowboys related to such activities ?

  • UPSC 2023
  • Oceanography

Ocean ranching (also sea ranching or ocean husbandry) is the management of marine animals in the open sea rather than in cages or ponds — people control a few stages of the animal's life and leave the rest to the ocean, as a rancher leaves cattle on open range.

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