Monday, March 3, 2014

03/03/14: First Offshore Aquaculture Begins in Sri Lanka, Ecuador Develops Strategy for Sustainable Mariculture

With the assistance of Oceanpick Sri Lanka has established its first offshore aquaculture production area. Holding the hope of producing Barramundi fish off the China Bay, Trincomalee - using the countries first sea cage to do so. Investing an initial $1.5 million on equipment with the expectancy of the total overhead reaching $4 million in expenditures. The Barramundi fish are initially held in a tank environment until they become more developed - later being released into the enclosed cage zone for future harvest

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Both MGAP (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries) as well as ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) are working together to develop mariculture in Ecuador. Establishing a workshop event called "Experience of Public Management of Mariculture in Brazil" where multiple institutions were brought together to discuss the frame work for future development - touching on many subjects such as technology, regulation, environmental issues, markets and science.

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  1. When I was a child, we lived on the coast and my dad caught fish for a living. He eventually moved on to another job a few years ago, but I remember all of the cool things he told me about the companies that then processed the fish. He said they had machines that helped to do the work. Would you happen to know where I could learn more about those machines? http://www.seafoodprocessingequipment.ca

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