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Tracking Fish Health to Boost System Health & Profitability in Aquaponics
Aquaponic systems require growers to track fish, plant, and system data. These components work together and depend upon each other to form a successful aquaponic operation. Specific factors within monitoring fish to track are weights and lengths. Tracking these averages of a fish class is important because measurements are an indicator of fish and system wellbeing. Other reasons for tracking these measurements include health indications, known growth rates, and business planning.
· Julianne GrennLimitations of Using an Excel Spreadsheet for Tracking Aquaponics Data
Proper monitoring and data collection strategies are imperative to running a successful aquaponic operation. Maintaining records is paramount to understanding trends within your systems and potential preventative measures you can take to avoid die-offs. As a social-impact agriculture technology business we are excited about powering and liberating the heroes of next-gen aquaponic food production with technology. We’re growers ourselves, so we know it can be hard to keep track of all the data from your sensors, paper notes and the minds of your teammates ;).
· Julianne GrennMonitoring Fish Health in Aquaponics Systems & Aquaculture Farms
Aquaculture, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is the “breeding, rearing, and harvesting of fish, shellfish, algae, and other organisms in all types of water environments”. Aquaponics, a subset of aquaculture, is where fish and plants are grown together using recirculating water. Maintaining fish health is imperative to running a successful aquaponic operation. According to Ruth Francis-Floyd from the University of Florida, “fish health management is a term used in aquaculture to describe management practices which are designed to prevent fish disease.
· Julianne GrennFarmHub Sponsors the 2021 Aquaponics Conference in OKC
“I’m want to start an aquaponics farm, but don’t know where to begin.” Well, the Aquaponics Association Conference is the world’s largest conference for people interested in starting or running an aquaponics business. Attendees will learn everything they need to know about the business of aquaponics from experts in the field. That’s why we’ve partnered with the Association to put on this awesome conference! We’re proud to support such awesome initiatives.
· Jonathan ReyesLearning Aquaponics at Santa Fe Community College
These lettuce seedlings sitting in front of me took three years to grow. Well in truth, they are two weeks old, but in reality, to build the farm in which they now grow took what seems a lifetime to get off the ground. The first seed was sown a long time ago when a colleague and I were making a film about the sustainability programs at Santa Fe Community College’s School of Trades, Advanced Technologies and Sustainability in Santa Fe, NM.
· Andrew NeighbourStudying Aquaponics at Kentucky State University - A Review by Joe Pate
Kentucky State University (KYSU or KSU) is a historically black college and university founded in 1886 in Frankfort, Kentucky. In 1890 KYSU became a land-grant university and has continued to grow into an outstanding school and home to one of the best freshwater aquaculture programs in the country. I remember the first time I came to KYSU, I was studying at Berea College, an hour south of KYSU when I had the opportunity to attend an aquaponic workshop hosted by KYSU.
· Joe PateFishery Improvement Projects: In the context of small-scale fisheries value chains, post-harvest operations and trade
Alexander Ford Joseph Zelasney Policy, Economics and Institutions Branch FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department Rome, Italy Fishery Improvement Projects (FIPs) are multistakeholder partnerships designed to encourage value chain actors to improve fisheries sustainabiliy using market incentives. Initially applied to large-scale fisheries, for the past ten years the FIP model has also been applied in other contexts, including small-scale fisheries. FIPs facilitate coordination between relevant value chain actors and promote multistakeholder dialogue.
· Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsState-led fisheries development: Enabling access to resources and markets in the Maldives pole-and- line skipjack tuna fishery
Zacari Edwards International Pole and Line Foundation London, United Kingdom Hussain Sinan Marine Affairs Program Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 4R2, Canada M. Shiham Adam International Pole and Line Foundation Malé, the Republic of the Maldives Alice Miller International Pole and Line Foundation London, United Kingdom The Maldives is a nation heavily reliant on its marine resources, none more so than the skipjack tuna caught in its pole-and-line fishery. Maldivian citizens derive huge benefits from the fishery as a result of effective State stewardship of the resource.
· Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsMadagascar's mud crab fishery: How fishers can earn more while catching less
Zbigniew Kasprzyk Independent fisheries consultant Antananarivo, Madagascar Adrian Levrel Blue Ventures London, UK Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, has large coastal communities who rely heavily on various small-scale fisheries, such as mangrove mud crab (Scylla serrata), for income. There has been a marked increase in mangrove mud crab fishing due to high international demand, and it is now the country’s third most valuable seafood export. This has led to overfishing, with documented decreases in quantity and average size of catches.
· Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFair Trade: Certification of a yellowfin tuna handline fishery in Indonesia
Rui Bing Zheng Ashley Apel Sven Blankenhorn Fair Trade USA Deirdre Elizabeth Duggan Jaz Simbolon Yayasan Masyarakat dan Perikanan Indonesia (MDPI) Helen Packer Anova Food Fair Trade enables greater equity in value chains and ensures the benefits of trade and export are spread among producers. For a fishery to receive Fair Trade Certification, it must first comply with the Capture Fisheries Standard and its core objectives of fisher and worker empowerment, economic development of communities, social responsibility, and environmental stewardship.
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