Warmwater Fish Production as a Niche Production and Market Diversification Strategy for Organic Arable Farmers with Implications for Sustainability and Public Health
This project has now finished. However, there are exciting opportunities for potential adopters under our new collaboration with Scottish Enterprise - Tilapia Scotland
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Institute of Aquaculture I Department of Marketing I Public Health Research Group |
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Background Research Outputs |
Production The technical research for our project is structured around experiments carried out at the Institute of Aquaculture and on commercial premises in Stirling, Devon and Thailand. The Stirling-based commercial partner specialises in design and service operations, whereas the Devon-based partner has experience in managing small-scale recirculating systems (RAS), and has therefore focused on the husbandry and distribution impacts of the different production systems. Our partner in Thailand has a commercial Nile tilapia hatchery operation at Nam Sai Farm, located in Prachinburi province, which has allowed larger-scale trials to be undertaken.
University-based trials will be designed to yield more technical information on feed types and fish welfare, whereas the commercially-managed trials explored design, husbandry and distribution issues. The key indicators of system performance measured or calculated include growth and feed efficiency, maintenance of water quality, waste quality (N, P) and quantity (kg DM/kg fish produced) (APHA 1998), water and energy efficiency (m3 water/kg fish; KWh/kg fish), and economic returns (returns to labour, land, capital). For more information on the current status of trials please see the production research section.
Dr Azim investigates microbial floc at the Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling
Commercial Partner Pete Neusinger depurates tilapia in Devon.
Stocking Nile tilapia for Thai trials Phase 1
AST tank of tilapia at Namsai, Thailand |
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