The Quarantine Fish Farm and Artificial Clownfish Marine Aquaculture
Date Issued
2016
Date
2016
Author(s)
Lee, Ping-Tsan
Abstract
Considering the clownfish repopulation, harvest, sales and marketing, the focus of this study is to set up quarantine fish farm and standard working process which are including: the brook stocks selecting and rearing; the establishing a strict standard for bio-feeds cultivation which is the most import part of breeding; the intensive recirculation filter system with artificial marine salt used, considering not interfered by natural variables, bacteria and virus, and saving the land cost. The purpose of discourse the quarantine fish farm is try to set up standard mold of rearing clownfish in Taiwan for those who are interested in such as private hobbyist, breeders, dealers, entrepreneurs, scholars, and researching institutes, etc., By upgrading the skills of breeding; enlarging the variety via researching and innovation; the participation of academic institutions; the support of air transportation by the officials government, we could compete with the challenges both from the breeders in South East Asia with the cheaper prices and the breeders in USA with new innovation, then, the clownfish aquaculture will be the star industry in the future for Taiwan. In general, all the countries manage the ornamental fish variety according to the relative Washington Convention such as the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora stating the list that aren’t allowed to import and export, and the risks of invasion and harmful colonization to the environment. In health aspect, FAO developed the OIE norm and regulation as valuable information sources. The EU established a Health Certificate as importing standard in 2008, some of the countries use the guidelines to reach the health standard by setting up the quarantine fish farm or registered healthy farm. The operating of quarantine fish farm can be used effectively to increase biosecurity and protect virus infection since hatching, rearing, not only at the exporting period. Recently there are some success cases in developing and producing artificial sea salts in Taiwan, for cost consideration, it will be better to utilize re-circulation filter system. The advantages of re-circulation filter system with the artificial sea salts are the health, the biosecurity, and the successful culture. As King (1975), the benefits of utilizing an intensive recirculation filter system in marine biology breeding are to avoid nature disaster such as typhoon, flood and human beings’ pollution; to set up the farm without geographical limitation; to fully control all the environment variables; to operate the system easier; to do the sampling work easier; to provide observation in stable; to set up central operation for different systems; to choose the biology group before being contaminated. Based on the norms and operating guidelines of the quarantine fish farm that can be the capacity to be a exporting and nursery farm, this study programs a clownfish farms in chart with the suggested scale, and makes references from the FAO Technical Guidelines and EU Health Certificate standards. The prospect is our clownfish could meet all the health inspection and quarantine of various countries’ in exporting with the best quality.
Subjects
clown fish
quarantine fish farm
artificial sea salt
marine aquaculture
filter system
Type
thesis