Polyculture System For Maximum Fish Production: Prof. Dr. Md. Shohidullah Miah
Polyculture System For Maximum Fish Production: Prof. Dr. Md. Shohidullah Miah
Polyculture System For Maximum Fish Production: Prof. Dr. Md. Shohidullah Miah
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Presentation
on
Polyculture of Fishes
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The Concept of Polyculture
History of Polyculture
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Polyculture
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Polyculture
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Classification of fishes based on food habit
Plankton feeder
Those fishes feed on microscopic or macroscopic floating
plants and animals called plankton feeder.
Herbivorous
This group of fishes feed only aquatic weeds or aquatic
vegetation.
Omnivorous
These type of fishes eat all kinds of food that are available
food in a pond.
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Cont..
Piscivorous
This type of fishes also known as predatory fish, because
they feed on other small fishes and must prey about
5 to 7g for consuming purposes in order to grow 1g.
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Intensity of Culture Practices
Considering the level of management in fish production,
the following culture practices can be identified-
Extensive culture
Semi-intensive culture
Intensive culture
Extensive culture
i. No nutritional inputs are given to the fishes
ii. Fish rely on natural food produced in the pond
iii. Low stocking density
iv. Low fish production
v. Low production cost
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Intensity of Culture Practices….
Semi-intensive culture
i. Manure based culture practice.
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Intensity of Culture Practices….
Intensive culture
i. Use of formulated feed meeting total nutritional
requirements
1. Pre-stocking management
This is actually the pond preparation phase which includes-
o Renovation of pond
o Eradication of undesirable fishes and aquatic weeds
o Liming of pond bottom and water
o Manuring of pond.
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Pond Management…
Characteristics of ideal fish pond:
Any sized fish can be considered fit for fish culture
Retains at least 2 m water round the year is found to be
suitable for production of carps.
The bottom soil of an ideal pond should be loamy to clay-
loamy.
Soil is best for retention capacity and supports production
of natural food organisms and lower turbidity.
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The pond should have well built
High dykes all around the pond to protect from
flooding,
Prevent entry of predators
Prevent weed fishes, and
Prevent stocked fish from escaping
S.L.
Item Quantity (kg/bigha)
1.
Chicken manure (dry) 250
or
Cow dung 400
2.
Urea 10
3.
Triple Super Phosphate (TSP) 5
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Regular (Post stocking)
S.L.
Item Quantity (kg/bigha/day)
1. Chicken manure
2.
Urea 0.1 kg
3.
TSP 0.05 kg
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2. Stocking management
Transportation and stocking of fingerlings of different
species of fish in ponds are the activities to be undertaken
under stocking management phase.
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2.2) Stocking density:
Rate of stocking generally depends on the biological
productivity of a pond and the amount of supplementary
feeding.
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Pond Management…
Catal
Prawn 20%
10%
Common carp
10%
Mirgal
10%
Silver carp
20%
Rohu
30%
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3.1) Manuring
Manure is supplied for maintaining optimum level of
biological productivity in a pond throughout the culture
period.
Oil cakes,
Rice/wheat brans,
Grain fodders,
Other agricultural by-products and available slaughter house
by-products
Blood, rumen content, viscera etc.) may be utilized as fish feed
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ingredients.
Regular sampling of fish
Proper fish production management system periodic
sampling at regular interval is very important with a view to-
• Checking the health condition of the fish;
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3.4) Hazard management
There are many problems and constraints that often hinder fish
production. Some common hazards of fish-
• Oxygen depletion
• Pouching of fish
• Predators
• Aquatic vegetation
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Pond Management…
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Benefits of partial harvesting and stocking are:
• Farmers get some cash return from the pond within a short
period of 4–5 months.
• All the trophic and spatial niches of the pond are fully
utilized throughout the culture period maximizing
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Pond Management…
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Thank You
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