MARINE FISH FARMING

Cage fish culture is defined as the rearing of fish stocks, generally from juvenile to market size, in a totally enclosed water volume through which a free water circulation is maintained. Together with raceway and tank culture, fish culture in cages constitutes an intensive rearing system that is perfectly adaptable to commercialization

The prospects for increased out-put is to carry out direct investment on those aspects of aquaculture that take place in the sea. Unquestionable, currently, Cameroon is facing series problems with balance foreign payment due to high importation of fish and poultry component have all constituted serious constraints to the livestock development and thereby aggravating the problem of protein deficiency in the diet of the generality.

One of the very few alternatives open to this nation is to develop its fishery resources extensively. There are, therefore, high expectations that the fishery sub-sector will rise up to the challenges posed by inadequate supply of the livestock sub-sector.

To meet these challenges, we are taking a lot of measures to ensure the transferring of modern fishing techniques and equipment to fishermen throughout the coastline communities. We build steel hull subsea fish farms support vessels and also offer advisory to small fishing flocks, produce fish seed and fingerlings for stocking cages as well as feeds for the fishes raised in cages.

However, there is a limit beyond which fish production from natural sources alone (both marine and inland waters) cannot be stepped up to meet national demand without serious damage to the fishery resources. It is therefore, of relevance that we are discussing "Commercial Marine Aquaculture" as a possible alternative source of supplementing natural production. There is enough evidence to show that although local fishermen not only spend long days at sea, their catches are so small in size and quantity that minimal income is realized from sales. With this, if you are interested in marine aquaculture development contact us the leading reference found presently in Cameroon.