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Aquaculture in Jamaica

K.A., Aiken and D., Morris and F.C., Hanley and R., Manning (2002) Aquaculture in Jamaica. NAGA, Vol.25 (3). pp. 10-15. ISSN 1511-8533

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Abstract

Jamaica, with its overfish marine resources, has become a major tilapia producer in Latin America led by a small number of large farms practicing tilapia culture with considerable commercial success. Across the country, however, aquaculture is typically practiced by a large number of small-scale fish farmers who own less than 1.0 ha of land. Production is constrained by lack of credit, finite land space and suitable soil type, but larger existing aquaculturists are expanding further for overseas markets. Inspired by pioneering tilapia fish culture demonstration projects funded by the USAID and the goverment of Jamaica, fish culture production rose from a few hundred kg of Oreochromis niloticus in 1977, to about 5000 t of processed fish mainly red hybrid tilapia, in 2000. Most of this quantity was exported to Europe and North America.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: Aquaculture, Jamaica, Development, Catch, Fish Species, Fisheries Statistics, Farms, Prawn, Tilapia, Ponds, Disease, Fisheries Economy, Markets, Value, Investments, Education
Subjects: Aquaculture
Depositing User: Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited: 25 May 2022 05:22
Last Modified: 25 May 2022 05:22
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/13338

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