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Although farming of Tilapia has been going on for thousands of years, the breeding of Tilapia did not start until recently. The first breeding program started in 1988 in a collaboration between the international center for living aquatic resources (ICLARM or WorldFish) and Akvaforsk.
Fish farming or pisciculture involves commercial breeding of fish, most often for food, in fish tanks or artificial enclosures such as fish ponds. It is a particular type of aquaculture , which is the controlled cultivation and harvesting of aquatic animals such as fish, crustaceans , molluscs and so on, in natural or pseudo-natural environments.
Cobia, a warm water fish, is one of the more suitable candidates for offshore aquaculture. [1] [2] Cobia are large pelagic fish, up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) long and 68 kilograms (150 lb) in weight. They are solitary fish except when spawning, found in warm-temperate to tropical waters.
Hatcheries produce larval and juvenile fish, shellfish, and crustaceans, primarily to support the aquaculture industry where they are transferred to on-growing systems, such as fish farms, to reach harvest size. Some species that are commonly raised in hatcheries include Pacific oysters, shrimp, Indian prawns, salmon, tilapia and scallops.
Aquaculture is fish or shellfish farming. [21] The aquaculture fisheries hatch and raise the fish until market size. [21] By using aquaculture the wild fish will be able to repopulate without the threat of overfishing. The aquaculture fish have a variety of uses including: food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical. [21] Two types of aquaculture exist.
Fish and other aquatic animals are the primary consumers in an aquaponic system, providing a source of protein and nutrients for the plants. A variety of fish species can be used in aquaponic systems, including tilapia, goldfish, and koi. Fish help to fertilize the plants by producing 'waste' that is rich in nutrients
Initially the school was located in Navotas and has attracted students from other Asian countries such as Burma, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. [1] As early as 1950, Villadolid introduced the practice of farming tilapia. He started with the Oreochromis mossambicus species of tilapia sourced from Thailand.
Farmers use the traditional farming method with buffalos. Agricultural production, the backbone of Vietnam's main development strategy, varied considerably from year to year following the national reunification in 1975. A particularly strong performance in agriculture was recorded in 1976—up more than 10 percent from 1975.