Tag: aquaculture

Grow Catfish Faster Many people have asked me how to grow catfish faster hence this publication. I have been into catfish farming for more than 20 years with good results. Haven gone through the experimental stages to perfect my act. However catfish farming sometimes offers unexpected challenges like mass death of fingerlings, strange behavior in […]

Anti-Stress Formula for Starter Fish Anti-stress formula for starter fish fingerlings is very important for young fish development. Catfish develop in different stages from eggs then fry before becoming fingerlings. They develop from fingerlings to juvenile then young adults and table size (1kg) fish. It is a known fact that starter fish fingerlings die easily […]

Biofloc Production Systems for Aquaculture is perfect for low water areas. They are cost effective, environmentally friendly intensive form of aquaculture. Highly efficient it favors good feed conversion ratio, density stocking effective waste management system. Most biofloc system are perfect for shrimp or tilapia production. Composition Bioflocs are aggregates of protozoans, bacteria, algae or organic […]

Stock pond management in brackishwater system is essential for good productivity. Brackish water culture involves the production of prawns or local fish in a controlled environment. The business is very viable because the prawns or shrimps have good local and export market. 70% of prawn culture in India is traditions system of farming. Things that […]

Frog farming is not new and the viability for profit is there, a farmer needs to determine the market. However low commercial value severely limits the potential for frog farming. Entrepreneurs in this industry are predominantly distributors who harvest directly from the wild. If the businessman has a large local or international market with good […]

Freshwater pond fish culture: Fish cultured includes wild harvesting, intensive, semi-intensive culture. The type of water the animal thrive is either fresh or sea water. Intensive usually refers to pond culture. The pond culture depends on different systems like earthen, rice/fish culture, plastic pond, concrete, cage or block. Freshwater Pond Fish Technology Freshwater pond culture […]

Today’s topic start catfish farm in Nigeria: Are you a retiree, new graduate, civil servant or business owner? An enterprise that requires moderate attention with high yield is catfish farming. It is relatively easy to establish and amount of funding depends on the size of farm. The business requires basic equipment, good stock, fresh water […]

Types of Fishing: Interested in fishing there are many fishing techniques used by commercial fishermen and sports fishing. The method depends on the type of fish, ocean, river, lake or sea. It is important for aspiring fishermen to know the best gear and fishing technique. Here are a list of fishing gear and techniques. Types […]

An integrated pack house intending to export needs to follow guidelines for export. This include standardization, quality testing, and traceability to meet international standards. Packhouse processing includes safely handling the raw materials, holding and pre-inspection. Premium is placed on food safety, hygiene, quality, traceability. Others are sorting the produce, grading them, weighing, washing and standardized […]

A not so common fish culture in some Asian countries is Coastal Aquaculture. The culture is practiced in marine/brackish water to produce local marine species. The overlap of species that grow in brackishwater or marine species depends on the tolerant level of water salinity. However some species are adaptable to both type of environment have […]