Recent developments on non-conventional fish culture media in Nigeria
Isolated successes have been recorded in fish farming in some African countries with observable potentials in Nigerian marine waters. In Nigeria, aquaculture is a recent development and it has been practised in conventional culture media, which are land borne while non conventional ones are mainly water borne. The need to use non-conventional culture media is based on the constraints encountered by using the conventional culture media. The fish farms constructed in the 1950's were constructed in isolated and far away home locations hence, theft was rampant in these poverty stricken localities. Cultural land acquisition practices entrenched in the society also make it difficult for non-indigenes, the youths and the poor who are interested in fish farming to acquire land for their fish culture projects. The acquisition of the technical know - how requires the full and consistent support of government and financial institutions for bridging the deficiency between the supply and the demand of fish in the country. Both conventional and non-conventional culture media struggle with such constraints as in availability of good feeds, inadequate quantity and quality supply of fingerlings to stock the media, and largely the underutilization of available water resources in Nigeria. Several countries in Asia and other parts of Africa have succeeded in improving the fish production and protein intake of their populations through the utilization of cheaper non-conventional culture media like the homestead pond, pens and cages. Nigeria can also do the same if the challenges and constraints highlighted are tackled.
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dig-aquadocs-1834-377852021-07-12T02:40:04Z Recent developments on non-conventional fish culture media in Nigeria Olukunle, O.A. Aquaculture Nigeria freshwater environment Fish culture Culture media Isolated successes have been recorded in fish farming in some African countries with observable potentials in Nigerian marine waters. In Nigeria, aquaculture is a recent development and it has been practised in conventional culture media, which are land borne while non conventional ones are mainly water borne. The need to use non-conventional culture media is based on the constraints encountered by using the conventional culture media. The fish farms constructed in the 1950's were constructed in isolated and far away home locations hence, theft was rampant in these poverty stricken localities. Cultural land acquisition practices entrenched in the society also make it difficult for non-indigenes, the youths and the poor who are interested in fish farming to acquire land for their fish culture projects. The acquisition of the technical know - how requires the full and consistent support of government and financial institutions for bridging the deficiency between the supply and the demand of fish in the country. Both conventional and non-conventional culture media struggle with such constraints as in availability of good feeds, inadequate quantity and quality supply of fingerlings to stock the media, and largely the underutilization of available water resources in Nigeria. Several countries in Asia and other parts of Africa have succeeded in improving the fish production and protein intake of their populations through the utilization of cheaper non-conventional culture media like the homestead pond, pens and cages. Nigeria can also do the same if the challenges and constraints highlighted are tackled. Includes:- 11 refs. 2021-06-24T18:07:55Z 2021-06-24T18:07:55Z 2007 conference_item TRUE http://hdl.handle.net/1834/37785 en http://www.fison.org.ng/ application/pdf application/pdf 316 - 320 Fisheries Society of Nigeria Lagos http://aquaticcommons.org/id/eprint/23048 19325 2018-03-06 15:24:58 23048 Fisheries Society of Nigeria |
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Isolated successes have been recorded in fish farming in some African countries with observable potentials in Nigerian marine waters. In Nigeria, aquaculture is a recent development and it has been practised in conventional culture media, which are land borne while non conventional ones are mainly water borne. The need to use non-conventional culture media is based on the constraints encountered by using the conventional culture media. The fish farms constructed in the 1950's were constructed in isolated and far away home locations hence, theft was rampant in these poverty stricken localities. Cultural land acquisition practices entrenched in the society also make it difficult for non-indigenes, the youths and the poor who are interested in fish farming to acquire land for their fish culture projects. The acquisition of the technical know - how requires the full and consistent support of government and financial institutions for bridging the deficiency between the supply and the demand of fish in the country. Both conventional and non-conventional culture media struggle with such constraints as in availability of good feeds, inadequate quantity and quality supply of fingerlings to stock the media, and largely the underutilization of available water resources in Nigeria. Several countries in Asia and other parts of Africa have succeeded in improving the fish production and protein intake of their populations through the utilization of cheaper non-conventional culture media like the homestead pond, pens and cages. Nigeria can also do the same if the challenges and constraints highlighted are tackled. |
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