Small-scale hatcheries

Abalone and multi-species marine fish hatchery

SEAFDEC/AQD opened a backyard-scale, abalone and multi-species marine fish hatchery in July 2009 to demonstrate profitable operations of abalone and marine fish requiring minimal investment.

The area:

•   measures 896 m², situated beside AQD’s FishWorld museum

•   with gravel bedding and  perimeter fence made of bamboo posts and hogwire

•   each area (marine fish and abalone) has its own independent pre-filtered seawater supply system (with 2 HP centrifugal pumps and 1 HP roots blower for aeration)

•   concrete drain pits and main canal for harvesting and drainage for each hatchery area

•   backyard hatchery has common harvest and work areas, store room, equipment room, and roof structure

Economic indicators

Marine fish hatchery

•    for rearing milkfish and high value fishes such as grouper, seabass, snapper, rabbitfish and pompano

•   10-ton circular larval rearing tanks (LRT) (6 units)

•   10-ton circular natural food culture tanks (NFT) (10 units)

•    2-ton circular nursery tanks (NT) (12 units)

•    LRT, NFT made of rubberized canvas with marine plywood support, NT made of concrete

•    capable of producing 10,000–100,000 fry or fingerlings per run

•    fish are available from the hatchery depending on the breeding season

Products

Abalone hatchery

•   34-ton reservoir (1 unit)

•   4.2-ton settlement tanks (16 units)

•   4.2-ton secondary nursery tanks (4 units)

•   2.1-ton diatom culture tanks (3 units)

•   tanks made of canvas reinforced with bamboo frames for support

•   reservoir made of marine plywood siding

•   capable of producing 20,000–25,000 abalone juveniles (1.1–1.5 cm) per month

Products