Cage Culture of Tilapia with respect to Nutrition and Feeding

By : E. Prabu , N. Felix , B. Ahilan , Cheryl Antony , A.Uma , P. Ruby

Page No: 19-33

Abstract
Aquaculture must grow rapidly as an alternative to the declining capture fisheries in the world and it is the only sector to fulfil the protein requirement of the human beings throughout the world. Aquaculture, especially of tilapia has the potential to play a leading role in the fight against food insecurity, malnutrition, and poverty and it is the second most farmed fish species in the world next to salmons. Compared to most other finfish species, tilapias are extremely hardy fish equally adaptable to a range of culture systems such as low density pond systems, cage culture systems, raceway systems and super-intensive culture systems under a wide range of environmental conditions. While doing aquaculture of tilapia it is very important to focus on tilapia nutrition and feed technology to have a sustainable production of tilapia. The cage farming of tilapia being purely based on supplementary feeding, selection of good quality fish feed and its application in right quantity is important to achieve desirable production of tilapia.

Authors :
E. Prabu, B. Ahilan, Cheryl Antony, A. Uma and P. Ruby
Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri, Tamilnadu, India.

N. Felix
Directorate of Aquaculture Technology Training and Incubation, Muttukadu, Tamilnadu, India.