The Republic’s nascent aquaculture sector accounts for 7.6% of seafood consumed in the country in 2022. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Heng Heng Fish Farm owner Yeo King Kwee with his son and farm co-owner Alvin Yeo and daughter Albee Yeo, who works in the media industry.
He learnt to identify fast-growing and meatier fishes, which he describes as “small head, big body”, to use as breeding fish. It took around 30 years for the older Mr Yeo to perfect his breeding technique, and it was only five to six years ago that Heng Heng Fish Farm started selling tilapia on a larger scale, his son added.
Fish hatcheries and nurseries are often associated with fancy facilities and high-tech equipment on land, which need the investment of large sums of money. Baby fish are sheltered in recirculating tanks. Most of the roughly 100 traditional farms across the Johor Strait import juvenile fish from abroad and grow them in their farms.
“Tilapia is the chicken of the sea. It is hardy, easy to farm and takes between six and eight months to reach selling size,” he noted.The more familiar barramundi takes 1½ years to grow and tilapia can be less than half the price of the sea bass, he added. It is difficult to compete with the lower prices of imported tilapia at Jurong Fishery Port or wet markets, said Mr Cheong.But current and future tilapia farms under The Straits Fish will need to adopt progressive and environmentally friendly farming practices, he added.Enter TP’s Aquaculture Innovation Centre, which is helping to draft a tilapia farming protocol that will set standards for proper husbandry and feeding practices, fingerlings, fish health and water quality.
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