Fish Culture Operators Taught New Feeding Techniques Published: Wednesday, 14 July 2010
The Director of Fisheries, Hjh Hasnah Ibrahim.
Wednesday 14 July 2010, Bandar Seri Begawan – Fish cage culture operators can use locally-obtained materials to feed their livestock without having to rely on imported fish meals as this will help reduce the operational cost of fish production, said an aquaculture and fish nutrition expert yesterday.
Associate Professor at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Dr Che Roos Saad told The Brunei Times that 60 per cent of the cost of food production was from obtaining fish meals.
"Fish meal is most expensive. They (Brunei operators) have a lot of trash fish which can be used to make fish pellets through proper grinding and processing methods," he said.
Importing the fish meal from other countries, he said, would double the price of the item, especially the high-end products from Peru or Chile.
In terms of nutrients, fish meals products from Peru would contain 80 per cent of protein but the local operators could still maintain 60 per cent of it from trash fish.
Some 80 participants of a two-day seminar organised by the Department of Fisheries received certificates upon completion of the seminar yesterday.
The Director of Fisheries, Hjh Hasnah Ibrahim, said that it was important for the operators to understand the basic and proper techniques.
"By being a (fish) farmer, you have to know all these things, if you don't know what feed is all about, what is inside the feed, you would not be able to become a good farmer, so good aquaculture practices are important," she explained. ~ Courtesy of The Brunei Times CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS, IT CENTRE MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND PRIMARY RESOURCES
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