Aquaculture 4/11/2019

Aquaculture
Typical Areas for Aquaculture

 Rain-fed land
 Seasonally flooded land
 Partially fully irrigated land
 Submerged coastal water
 Tidal coastal water
 Submerged coastal substrates
 Tidal coastal substrates
 Open oceanic water

The practices of Aquaculture

 Earthen ponds, cages, raceways, net pens

 Floating rafts, substrates, suspended net bags or lanterns
 Open ocean
 Hatcheries

Potential requires for aquaculture

 (in addition to water and land resources)

 Seed ( fertilized fish eggs are known as fish seed )
 Live food organisms for larvae/fry/fingerlings
 Formulated feeds for larvae/fry/fingerlings
 Grow-out feed
 Compost Improve the growth of
 Fertilizers ( N,P,K ) Natural food items

Potential

 Pesticides ( chemical compound that used to kill pets )

 Herbicides ( a substance that is toxic to plants, used to destroy unwanted vegetation )
 Labor ( full time and part time )
 Domestic water
 Energy utilities ( electricity , gas , oil and communication )
 Mechanical equipment ( pumps, compressors )
 Equipment ( nets, general farm tools )
 Production facilities ( ponds, cages, rafts, hatcheries )
 Support facilities ( laboratories, workshop, store, office etc.)
 Vehicle ( tractor, plough, trailer, dredge and boats )

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 Permits and technical information

Forms of aquaculture

Monoculture

Just one species being cultivated on its own, such as one species of oyster or one species of fish. This is
the most common form of aquaculture.

E.g.: thilapia culture in pond/ cage.

Polyculture

This is the keeping of multiple species in one system. All species benefits from the enforced. Co-
existence to some extent.

e.g. in a pond of a scallops, sea cucumbers a algae or thilapia carps/fwp

Sea cucumbers

Eat the floating organisms which unavoidably settle on the culture structure.

Only one species needs to be feed regularly in the above example. The farmer only needs to feed the
scallops as the algae.

Polyculture

 Selected species should have different feeding habits or different ecological niches.
 Species combination and ratio is important.

Different food items and feeding habitats in the pond

 Phytoplankton ( microscopic plants )

 Zooplankton ( microscopic zoo plants )
 Aquatic insects
 Other aquatic organisms.

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