Our cute little rest houses, covered in flowers
Catching fish to sell in the market
The fisheries have a hatchery, and then a series of different sized man made ponds where they raise the fish. The fish slowly graduate through the different ponds as they get bigger, until they are in an adult pond like the one in the picture above.
The ponds are looked after by the community and each family who helps with the fish gets a share of the profits that they make when they sell them. I forget exactly the names of the types of fish, but I think one of the more common ones, and higher quality is called Rui. I think I tried it once, in a curry and it was definitely very yummy, apparently it also has fewer bones, but I still spent a lot of time picking out the bones.
They trap some of the fish in a small section and then sort them by size and type, in the background you can see fishes jumping to escape the net, some actually make it over.
Proudly showing off the biggest fish from todays catch
Off to the Market!
The take the fish still alive to the market in little buckets and barrels of water. I guess they want to be able to prove that the fish a really fresh and have not been sitting around for long. The fish markets that we have visited have the fish still flopping around on the display.
The Hatchery
To grow the fish they have a separate pond for females and then they bring them into the hatchery and give them hormone. Then they squeeze the eggs out and do the same with the males to fertilize the eggs. The eggs hatch in about 3 days in the hatchery, before they are transported to nursery ponds. They spend a couple weeks (3 I think) in the nursery pond before they are moved to an intermediate pond where they spend 6 months. Finally they are moved to the adult pond for another 6 months or so before they will be caught and taken to be sold in the market.
Three day old baby fish!
Nice post! Many people invest a large amount of money and time in their bass fishing; although that is mainly for tournament fishing. The boats they use have huge motors so they can get to the hot spots as quick as possible. For what they are trying to accomplish no doubt that is what is needed. Thanks for sharing your experience!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Awesome informative post ! Decide which you want before you buy. Kayaks for fishing will not have the speed through the water of a recreational kayak because they are broader in the beam.
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