Floating Fish Farm -
Singapore
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The farm is located in the strait
between Changi Harbour and Pulau Ubin. The production capacity is some 300 tonnes of table
size fish, and in excess of 50 million larvae p.a. The main crop is Asian sea bass (Lates
calcarifer, barramundi in Australia). Click here for a larger
view of the farm. |
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These are the tanks used for
hatching the sea bass eggs. After hatching the larvae are transferred into the rearing
ponds. Click here for a larger view of the tanks. |
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These are the plankton ponds used
for rearing the sea bass larvae. A plankton bloom is maintained and sometimes supplemented
with brine shrimp nauplii. Click here for a larger view of the
ponds. |
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The larvae are grown to 6 to 8 mm
in length, then harvasted and sold. They are shipped in bags of 5000, two bags to a box,
via commercial airline schedules. Click here for a closer look
at a bag of larvae. |
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The
construction of the farm is net cages slung beneath a rectangular framework of floating
walkways. Click here for a larger image of the first view of the
farm, or here for the second view. |
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The growing fish are fed on chopped
small fish. The small fish are a by-catch in prawn traps located around the coast, and are
purchased from the trap owners by the farmer fresh each day. Click here
for a better view of the food used on the farm. |
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