Farming Fish

Growing and Harvesting Tropical Fish Species in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems​

 

This site is dedicated to my ongoing research about RAS systems and fish farming through the example of Lates Calcarifer, known as Asian Seabass or Barramundi

 

I am working on the small scale (100mt/y) RAS + Agriculture project.  A fish farm which will be combined with growing plants, making it an aquaponics farm. ​

The learning curve has been huge and its not completed yet. "Googled" literally for hundreds of hours. Read through thousands of pages of published research materials about fish farming and all what comes with it. Have learned, collected and stored all the crucial information, done a lot of calculations, written formulas and text based materials about farming Barramundi in indoor RAS enviroment. Why indoor? Because I live in cold climate country named Estonia. The only way to farm tropical fish here is by isolating RAS system from cold outside temperatures. Its a hard (expensive) task, but there's enough demand for fresh tropical high quality fish and my calculations show that it is possible to achieve the goal of growing 100 tons per year with a reasonable return on investment (ROI).

 

How it's done? - By careful planning. Long term goals with (very) high initial investment and very good annual profitability in order to pay off the investment for those who believed in ROI calculations.

High initial investment is the consequence of favoring the modern technology and insulated building design. Low yearly management  and production cost is achieved as a result.

 

There is a lot of research studies available in the internet, but the majority of information is spread around thousands of pages. Many studies are too old to be accurate or useful. I have updated a lot of old info, looked for new ways and technological tricks, corrected and modified available data to bring it up to date. Thinking of the ways to economically and profitably grow and harvest the fish - that is what I am doing.

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