Thus, like the edible oyster of our own shores, the pearl-oyster may be brought within the domain of Pisciculture, and banks may be created in suitable places, just as the southern shores of France are now being colonised with oysters, under the direction of M. Coste.
"Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon"
J. Emerson Tennent
Experimental Pisciculture has been highly successful in the United States, and will probably soon become a regular branch of rural industry, especially as Congress, at the session of 1871-2, made liberal provision for its promotion.
"The Earth as Modified by Human Action"
George P. Marsh
Indeed, were it not for the risks arising from attacks of fungi, Pisciculture, as now understood and carried on, would be an unalloyed pleasure and unbounded success.
"Amateur Fish Culture"
Charles Edward Walker