Foreword
This Agrodok aims at providing basic information on how to set up a
small-scale fish farm for subsistence purposes.
As fish farming practices are very diverse, we have chosen to limit
ourselves to small-scale freshwater fish farming in the tropics. And, as
pond fish farming is the most common form of fish cultivation in
these areas, the information provided focuses on pond construction
and pond management.
The first part of this Agrodok (Chapters 1 to 4) describes the principles of fish farming, types of fish farms, methods of fish farming, and
pond maintenance and monitoring. Also included is a section on periphyton-based fish farming, a new and promising technology. The
second part of the book gives basic guidelines for setting up a fish
farm and covers the selection of a proper site, of farm type and of fish
species to be cultured. Fish nutrition, health, reproduction, harvesting
and post-harvesting aspects are briefly discussed.
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additional information in order to improve future editions.