Training Manual on Marine Finfish Netcage Culture in Singapore
| Training Manual on Marine Finfish Netcage Culture in Singapore |
| REGIONAL SEAFARMING PROJECT RAS/86/024 |
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Chapter I
Overview of marine aquaculture
development in Singapore
Chapter II
Netcage construction
1 Principles of netcage construction
3 Practical II/1: Hapa netcage construction
4 Practical II/2: Nursery netcage construction
5 Practical II/3: Production netcage construction
Chapter III
The raft structure
4 Practical III/1: Raft frame construction and maintenance
5 Practical III/2: Anchorage system-installation and maintenance
6 Practical III/3: Floatation system-installation and maintenance
Chapter IV
The netcage: operation and maintenance
1 Description and use of the netcage
2 Operation of a netcage at a floating farm
5 Practical IV/3: Reducing fouling organisms -the use of antifouling paint
1 Principles of site selection
5 Practical V/1: Site identification -water analysis (Ammonia)
6 Practical V/2: Site identification -water analysis (Chemical Oxygen Demand)
7 Practical V/3: Site identification -use of field equipment
Chapter VI
Species selection, culture and economics
4 Practical VI/1: Selection of brooders and natural spawning
Chapter VII
Nutrition and feeds
1 Basic fish nutritional requirements
2 Feeds, feeding techniques and fish weaning
3 Formulated feeds, principles of feed formulation, feed and feedstuff composition, feed processing
4 Evaluation of feed ingredients and feed performance
5 Practical VII/1: Fish feed preparation
6 Practical VII/2: Feed water stability assessment
7 Practical VII/3: Feed quality determination (peroxide value)
Chapter VIII
Fish health and diseases
1 Common diseases of marine food fish farmed in Singapore
2 Laboratory methods of identifying diseases
4 Sanitisation guidelines for imported fish fingerlings
7 Practical VIII/1: Fish examination
8 Practical VIII/2: Mass treatment of fish under field conditions
Chapter IX
Live fish transportation
1 The need to transport fish live
2 The principle of live fish transportation
4 Methods of alleviating stress
6 Live packing trials with market-sized fish