Advantages of Cage Culture farming for Fish

Advantages of Cage Culture farming

Resource use flexibility Cage culture can be established in any suitable body of water, including lakes, ponds, mining pits, streams or rivers with proper water quality, access and legal authority. This flexibility makes it possible to exploit underused water resources to produce fish

Low initial investment :Relative to the cost of pond construction and its associated infrastructure (electricity, roads, water wells, etc.), cage culture in an existing body of water can be inexpensive. At low densities (relative to pond surface acreage) cages often do not require aeration or any electrical source. Cage materials are not especially expensive and many kinds of cages can be constructed with little experience.

Simplified cultural practices: Cages lend themselves to straightforward observation of the fish. The observation of fish behavior, especially feeding behavior, is critical to anticipating and avoiding problems with stress and diseases, which often occur in cage culture.

 Simplified harvesting :Cages are usually harvested by moving them into shallow water, crowding the fish into a restricted area, and simply dipping the fish out of the cage. Or, the cage can be lifted partially out of the water so that the fish are crowded into a smaller volume, and then the fish dipped out. This makes it possible to partially harvest fish from cages as needed for local niche markets or personal consumption.

Multi-use of water resources :The confinement of fish in cages should not hinder other uses of the water resource, such as fishing, boating, swimming, irrigation or livestock watering.