Browsing WorldFish Community by Subject "cage aquaculture"

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    • Best Management Practices guidelines for small scale tilapia cage aquaculture in Ghana and Nigeria 

      KAASAH, J.E.; Siriwardena, S.N.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Olaniyi, A.A.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2023)
      Type: Manual
      Africa accounts for about 7% of the world’s total fish production (FAO 2020). Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), a native of Africa, is the third-most farmed fish species in the world (FAO 2020) and is consumed worldwide ...

    • Feeds and feeding in the cage culture system. 

      Siriwardena, S.N.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Olaniyi, A.A.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2022)
      Type: Brief
      In tilapia cage aquaculture, commercially prepared floating tilapia feed works best. Fish must be fed enough food to ensure optimal growth within the shortest possible time and to result in maximum returns at a minimum ...

    • Harvesting and post-harvest handling of tilapia from cage 

      Siriwardena, S.N.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Olaniyi, A.A.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2022)
      Type: Brief
      Harvesting involves the total removal of fish from the cage at the end of the culture period. Harvesting in cages is less stressful compared to other culture systems. This involves removing the net from the cage to harvest ...

    • Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project 

      Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Al-Kenawy, D.A.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556; Diaa Abdel Reheem Al-Kenawy: 0000-0001-7737-6880 (2021)
      Type: Brief
      In 2020, WorldFish launched the Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project. ProSCAWA is a two-year project funded by China-IFAD SSTC Facility. ProSCAWA seeks to increase poor rural people’s ...

    • Strengthening rural livelihoods in Ghana and Nigeria through small-scale cage aquaculture: The ProSCAWA project 

      Olaniyi, A.A.; Siriwardena, S.N.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2023)
      Type: Brief
      Promoting Sustainable Cage Aquaculture in West Africa (ProSCAWA) project is to empower and transform the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in West Africa through enhanced Sino-Afro application of knowledge, sustainable ...

    • Tiliapia cage culture design 

      Siriwardena, S.N.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Olaniyi, A.A.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2022)
      Type: Brief
      Cage culture is a system in which fish are grown in a cage made of bamboo, metal or wood that is covered with nets. The netting encloses the cage on all sides or on every side except the top, which is left open. There are ...

    • Water quality management 

      Siriwardena, S.N.; Nasr-Allah, A.M.; Olaniyi, A.A.; Ahmed Mohamed Nasr-Allah: 0000-0001-6299-8556 (2022)
      Type: Brief
      In fish culture, water quality is the degree of how conducive the water is for fish growth and the environmental conditions that affect it. Fish farmers need to have sufficient knowledge of water quality parameters, the ...