1. Advanced Aquaculture of Carps and Tilapia – Ponds and Cages
Kevin Fitzsimmons, John Woiwode, R.S.N. Janjua ASA SoyPak
Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
19 March 2012

2. Carp and Tilapia
Carps are most important farmed food fish and tilapia are second.
Global demand, variety of production systems and geographic regions, some vertically integrated
Environmentally sustainable – “Green Aquaculture” (no fish meal required in the diet, no antibiotics, many farms use effluents for crops)

3. Subsistence and Export Commodity
Tilapia is unique in its role as a small livestock animal grown by subsistence farmers in developing countries around the world…..
And
It is widely grown and exported to high value markets to be served in expensive restaurants and grocery stores
Commodity or specialty crop - BOTH, like chicken

5. US Tilapia consumption (imports and domestic) 368,295 mt of live weight (equivalent) – ,000 mt of live weight (equivalent) ,264 mt of live weight (equivalent) – ,953 mt of live weight (equivalent – 2009) 579,443 mt of live weight (equivalent – 2010)

6. Carp and tilapia in ponds
Extensive ponds

7. Semi-intensive ponds

8. Multiple small cages Irrigation Reservoir, Arizona
Taal Lake, Philippines
Paulo Afonso Reservoir, Brasil

9. Other small cages Nile Delta, Egypt Shrimp Pond, Thailand
Shrimp Pond, Philippines
All tilapia farms have dogs, even cage farms

10. Large cage farms

12. Pond culture to crop irrigation

13. Fish and citrus in Hainan, China

14. Integration of aquaculture and agriculture
Water pH reduced from 8.3 to 8.0
Added 19.7 kg/ha N to 45 kg/ha used in standard fertilization schedule of cotton.

15. Results - Integration of aquaculture and agriculture
Contributed 2.6 kg/ha P to cotton crop.

16. Plant height with Fish Effluent, Standard Fertilizer and Well Water

17. Extruders Floating feeds Feed mixes with steam in barrel of extruder
Cooks ingredients, improves palatability
Gelatinizes starches
Steam expansion and auger forces feed out of barrel with rapid expansion.
Traps air in pellet, allows to float

18. Bangladesh tilapia aquaculture

19. Future global tilapia aquaculture

20. Conclusions Tilapia are omnivores
But eating anything will not make you grow fast and strong
Tilapia need balanced nutrition for rapid growth just like human children

21. Buy TILAPIA
Thank you!
Questions and discussion?