Since Singapore is a land-scarce country, We prefer to farm not on land, but on water. Singapore has high population density and by choosing to rear edible fishes in fish farms, it would not only reduce the land space needed for other farming methods and housing, it allows more jobs to the people as well as less reliance on imports.
Even with limited available sea space, Singapore has a small but thriving and increasingly important foodfish industry. Singapore's consumption of fish is estimated to be 100,000 tonnes per year of which about 5% is accounted for by local foodfish aquaculture. This is mainly from coastal fish farms. They produce marine foodfish species like groupers, sea bass, snappers and milkfish as well as green mussels and crustacean (shrimp/mangrove crabs). There are also freshwater foodfish farms producing snakeheads, tilapia, catfishes and carps and other cyprinids.
Even with limited available sea space, Singapore has a small but thriving and increasingly important foodfish industry. Singapore's consumption of fish is estimated to be 100,000 tonnes per year of which about 5% is accounted for by local foodfish aquaculture. This is mainly from coastal fish farms. They produce marine foodfish species like groupers, sea bass, snappers and milkfish as well as green mussels and crustacean (shrimp/mangrove crabs). There are also freshwater foodfish farms producing snakeheads, tilapia, catfishes and carps and other cyprinids.AVA’s broad aim is also to increase local production of fish to 15 percent of consumption. On the larger view, the aim is to make sure Singapore is prepared when global markets get volatile.
For example,
Swee Chioh Aquaculture Holding Pte Ltd
Swee Chioh Aquaculture has garnered decades of experience in foodfish farming, broodstock management and eggs production to transformed itself into a group of knowledge-driven companies encompassing the following business segments:
Swee Chioh Aquaculture has garnered decades of experience in foodfish farming, broodstock management and eggs production to transformed itself into a group of knowledge-driven companies encompassing the following business segments:
(1) Broodstock management
(2) Hatchery & nursery
(3) Extensive cage farming
(4) Research & Development
The group operates its hatchery/nursery operations over 2 different farm locations in Singapore (a 11-hectare farm at Loyang Agrotechnology Park and a 3-hectare farm at Neo Tiew Crescent) with the capacity to produce 10 million fingerlings per year. Swee Chioh Aquaculture has successfully bred 16 different species of foodfish in captivity. This segment of broodstock management activity, together with its extensive cage farming, is carried out at the floating netcage fish culture farms off Pulau Ubin. Swee Chioh works closely with Marine Aquaculture Centre (MAC) of Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority in its R & D efforts on fish spawning and culture techniques of different foodfish species.
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