Farm and raise

I’ve just learned some verbs to go with nouns as below:
There are four categories in the chart.
I just want to make sure if you really say “farm + seafood, such as lobsters”?
Is it okay to use raise + lobsters?
Raise is only used for livestock?

Thank you!!!

In my mind they are pretty much interchangeable. All the animals in one list can appear in the other list as well. In many cases you will see the term “Farm-raised” fish as well. I do think there is a distinction in the words though…farmed, to me, would mean raising/growing the animal for the sole purpose of food. Raised could have the same meaning, but you could also use it to mean you take care of them. You can also “raise” your kids (i.e. parent them).

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