FEASIBIUTY STUDY ON FISH FARMING

Project Title : Feasibility Study on Fish Farming

Location : Bagamanoc, Catanduanes

Beneficiaries : Fish Farming, Catfish Farm, Catfish Harvest

Introduction:

Fish farming or pisciculture involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures such

as fish ponds, usually for food. It is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may

fall under mariculture. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or

to supplement a species‘ natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Worldwide,

the most important fish species produced in fish farming are carp, tilapia, salmon, and catfish.

Objectives:

1. Have to required product (Size and Form) available when the market wants it.

2. Be able to produce adequate volume to sustain targeted markets.

3. Produce at a competitive price and profit.

The Project: Fish Farming

Support the fish farms by buying fish, even if they don't like the way of producing can

influence the companies by buying for example just fish that is produced sustainable

selecting/Silence/Spin. Talk about the taste and how healthy it is don't talk about toxins : don't

talk about animal welfare or and the environment they say you need fish for a balanced nutrition.
Conclusion

With the increasing demand for food fish, the decline in capture fisheries production, and

the exhaustion of mangrove areas available for fishpond expansion, aquaculture in the

Philippines is heading towards intensification and the utilization of coastal waters for cage and

pen fish farming. This shift from low density to high density culture is consequently leading to an

unprecedented rise in the demand for feeds more than that of fertilizers.

At present the supply of the majority of locally available feedstuffs is already limited and

the seasonal availability and occurrence of natural calamities compound this problem. This

situation is likely to worsen with the rapid growth of the poultry and livestock farming sectors.

Unless production of local feedstuffs is increased and its utilization made more efficient, the

growth of fish culture, as well as that of land-based animal farming, are bound to be more and

more dependent upon the use of imported raw materials. Aquaculture specifically requires high

protein feed ingredients, such as fish meal and soybean oil meal, which have very little domestic

production. The aquaculture industry must work towards ways and means of efficiently

managing and utilizing local feedstuff resources, such as by improving processing methods,

increasing digestibility and nutritional value, extending shelf life and freshness, and by developing

formulations specific for each species, culture system, and culture environment.