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Integrated Fish Farming System
Integrated Fish Farming System
FISH
FARMING
SYSTEM
Kamdhenu university
Introduction
– First integrated aquaculture systems (rice-fish farming): China, 2000 years ago.
– India about 1500 years ago.
– In 1620s fish - livestock farming
– In the fifties of the 19th century integrated fish farming practices were
transferred from China to Japan.
– Russia since 1850.
– Madagascar since 1914.
Ecosystem of IFFs
– Simultaneous
– Rice and fish together in rice plots.
– 0.1 ha field 4 rice plots of 250 sq.m.
– Ditch 0.75m width & 0.5m depth is dug.
– Dyke 0.3m high & 0.3m wide.
– Water Depth of rice plot 5-25 cm depend on type of rice and fish species.
– After 5 days transplantation of rice , fish fry at 5000/ha and fingerling at 2000/ha
stocked.
– Stocking density doubled if provide supplement feed.
Paddy – fish
system
Perimeter trench
Paddy – fish
system
Lateral trench
Paddy – fish
system
Central pond
Paddy – fish system
– Rotational culture
– fish and rice are alternately.
– The rice field is converted into a temporary fish pond after the harvest.
– permits the use of insecticides and herbicides
– water depth up to 60 cm can be maintained throughout the fish culture period.
– One or two weeks after rice harvest, the field is prepared for fish culture.
– Stocking densities of fry 20,000/ha or fingerlings 6,000/ha respectively.
Paddy – fish system
– Pre-stocking management.
– Feed 1:1 rice bran : groundnut ; 1:2 fish meal : rice bran rate of 5% body weight.
– 700 to 1000 kg/ha fish yield
– Survival rate 60%.
Horticulture – fish system
– huge quantity of cabbage, cauliflower, turnip and radish leaves are thrown away
during harvest.
– utilised as supplementary feed for grass carp
– During winter feed as cabbage and cauliflower leaves
– In summer water bind weed on fed
– Stocking Density 1000/ ha, production 2 t/ ha/ year
– Grass with rohu, catla, mrigal (50:15:20:15) density 5000/ha, production
3t/ha/year.
Mushroom – fish System
– Mulberry to silkworm
– Silkworm faeces to phytoplankton to filter feeding fish
– Mulberry eat by silkworm; produced waste material and mulberry leaves
mixture add in pond.
– Mulberry yields leaves 30tonnne/ha/year fed silkworm waste is about 16-20
tonnes.
– 50% area of dyke and remaining water area in 1 ha field
– 2-3 tonnes/ha/year fish production
Vermicompost – fish system
– Pig(40-45) dung(500-600kg/year)
and urine utilized as fertilizer
– Pig 60-70kg/ 6 month for ready
slaughter size.
– 8000-8500fingerling/ha/year; 3-4
tonnes/ha/year fish production.
Goat – fish system
– produces large quantities of plant and animal residues to the tune of over 322
and 1,000 million metric tonnes/year.
– Country supports largest bovine population of over 222 million cattle heads,
along with 181 million sheep and goats, 16 million pigs and over 150 million
poultry and other livestock Other commodities like mushroom cultivation,
rabbit, sericulture and apiculture provide huge quantities of organic matter for
aquaculture.
Facts
– Sewage-fed fish culture and rice paddy-cum-fish culture are two important
culture systems practiced in certain areas of the country.
– Sewage-fed fish culture in bheries in West Bengal is an age-old practice. About
5,700 ha are currently being utilized for fish culture using the input of primary-
treated sewage and produce over 7,000 tonnes of fish per annum, mainly
consisting of the major and minor carps.
– Stocking densities of 7,000–10,000 of advanced fingerlings/ha.
– Reared for 3-5 months, marketable size of 250-400 g.
New innovation
– Models of IFS (Rice- fish) developed at NRRI (National Rice Research Institute)
– Rice–fish–livestock-horticulture-based farming system for rainfed lowland areas
– Multi-tier rice-fish-horticulture-agro-forestry-based farming system for deep water
– Rice-based farming system under irrigated lowlands
– Rice-fish-horticulture farming system for rainfed lowland rice ecology atRRLRRS,
Gerua, Assam
Conclusion
– Under reduction of cost of supplemental feed and fertilizers for fish farming.
– This system viable in state environment for employment generation and
concerned aspects.
– Produce more food from existing farming land in this context is integrated
farming offers a possible solution.
– These aquaculture farming systems and other technological innovations are
showing a positive impact on aquaculture success, productions, investment
and marketing potential. The development of these farming systems in
aquaculture should provide a means of producing healthy and fast growing
animals, through eco-friendly.