FISH HATCHERY ALONG WITH OPEN POND CULTIVATION OF MURREL FISH
[CODE NO.3940]
Freshwater aquaculture can play a pivotal role in improving the state’s economy and solving the nutritional problems besides acting as a tool for rural development. It offers tremendous potentialities for providing employment opportunities to the vast rural poor and unemployed youths. Among freshwater fish species, murrels (snakeheads) and catfishes secure the top rank economically. Murrels have long been commercially cultured in Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines. But fish farmers in India are not much familiar with murrel culture due to want of breeding, feeding and culture techniques. Therefore it is imperative to make murrel culture popular among fish farmers and unemployed youths for income generation.
Among air breathing fishes, murrels commonly called snakeheads, are widely preferred by consumers all over Southeast Asia, due to their taste, few intramuscular spines and medicinal value2. Since murrels are air breathing and survive in oxygen depleted water bodies, they are suitable for profitable culture in tropical shallow waters. The giant murrel Channa marulius, the striped murrel C. striatus, the spotted murrel C. punctatus and the red line murrel C. micropeltes are widely preferred in India as well as Southeast Asia because of their large size as food fishes. However, fish farmers interested in murrel farming are afraid, since murrels are carnivorous, piscivorous and cannibalistic. Moreover unlike carps, there are no seed supply centres and no readymade feed is available for murrels in markets.
COST ESTIMATION
Plant Capacity : 16.66667 Kgs/day
Land & Building (20000 Sq.MT) : Rs. 63.50 Lacs
Plant & Machinery : Rs. 9.00 Lacs
Working Capital for 3 Month : Rs. 1.39 Lacs
Total Capital Investment : Rs. 79.39 Lacs
Rate of Return : 21%
Break Even Point : 50%
INTRODUCTION
ADVANTAGE OF MURREL CULTURE
B.I.S. SPECIFICATION
MARKET POSITION
FISH FARMS TO PRODUCE NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF INDIA'S FISH
SUPPLY BY 2030
FLYING FISH
PALM TREES LINING FISH PONDS AT KONDURU IN ANDHRA PRADESH
PALM TREES LINING FISH PONDS AT KONDURU IN ANDHRA PRADESH
WORLD CAPTURE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION
FISH HATCHERY
HATCHERY PRODUCTION CONFERS THREE MAIN BENEFITS
TO THE INDUSTRY;
1. OUT OF SEASON PRODUCTION
2. GENETIC IMPROVEMENT
PRODUCTION STEPS
MANUALLY STRIPPING EGGS
BROODSTOCK
SPAWNING
FERTILISATION
LARVAE
HATCHERY DESIGN
CULTURE OF MURREL
BROODSTOCK
BREEDING
NATURAL BREEDING
INDUCED BREEDING
FRY PRODUCTION
FINGERLINGS PRODUCTION
GROW OUT PRODUCTION
MURREL SEED FRODUCTION AND CULTURE TECHNOLOGY
BROOD FISH NUTRITION
INDUCED BREEDING AND SEED PRODUCTION
LARVAL REARING:
MURREL GROW – OUT CULTURE:
PROCESS OF FISH HATCHERY WITH OPEN POND CULTIVATION
OF MURREL FISH
LAND SELECTION
POND CONSTRUCTION
POND SPECIFICATION FOR MURREL FISH FARMING
SEED COLLECTION FOR MURREL FISH FARMING:
DRAINAGE & WATER SUPPLY REQUIREMENT FOR MURREL FISH FARMING
BROOD FISH FOR MURREL FISH FARMING
MURREL FISH BREEDING METHODS
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
BIOFLOC TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEM
METHODS OF AQUA CULTURE
EXTENSIVE AQUACULTURE
INTENSIVE AQUACULTURE
OPTIMAL WATER PARAMETERS FOR COLD- AND WARM-WATER FISH IN
INTENSIVE AQUACULTURE
EXPRESSING EGGS FROM A FEMALE RAINBOW TROUT
CONTROLLING ROES MANUALLY
FISH FARMS
CAGE SYSTEM
GIANT GOURAMI IS OFTEN RAISED IN CAGES IN CENTRAL THAILAND.
COPPER-ALLOY NETS
IRRIGATION DITCH OR POND SYSTEMS
COMPOSITE FISH CULTURE
ADAPTING & CONSTRUCTING POOLS
SIZE OF POOL
EMPLOYING THE POOL:
CLEANING THE POOL
REPAIRS OF POOL
EXTENDING AN OLD POOL
THERE ARE THREE POSSIBLE WAYS TO EXTEND LINE POOLS
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW POOL
CONSTRUCTION OF A WATER COURSE
FOUNTAINS & OTHER MECHANICAL OXYGENERATORS
NOTES
NEED FOR OXYGEN
WATER PLANTS
OTHER SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE WORKS ARE AS FOLLOWS
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
APPENDIX – A:
1. COST OF PLANT ECONOMICS
2. LAND & BUILDING
3. PLANT AND MACHINERY
4. FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5. RAW MATERIAL
6. SALARY AND WAGES
7. UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
8. TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
9. COST OF PRODUCTION
10. PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
11. BREAK EVEN POINT
12. RESOURCES OF FINANCE
13. INTEREST CHART
14. DEPRECIATION CHART
15. CASH FLOW STATEMENT
16. PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET
