What is an Aquaculture Company?
Aquaculture is breeding, raising, and harvesting fish, shellfish, and aquatic plants. Basically, it’s farming in water. S.A aquaculture is an environmentally responsible source of food and commercial products, helps to create healthier habitats, and is used to rebuild stocks of threatened or endangered species.
Top Aquaculture Companies In South Africa
Nambu
Nambu is an early-stage Insect Protein Company that turns food waste into high-value feed for chickens, pigs, fish, and soon – pets. We do this by feeding a variety of food and organic waste sources to the Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia Illucens) larvae – otherwise known as BSFL.
The larvae are reared from hatchlings to harvest in a period of 15-17 days, at which point they are separated from their feed substrate and prepared for either sale as live larvae to local farmers
New Native Agriculture
New Native Agriculture is an urban farming company based in Pretoria South Africa aiming to create an urban agricultural ecosystem by rehabilitating disused rooftops, buildings, and dead pockets within the city. New Native Agriculture is about feeding people and improving the environments ridden by poverty.
What is the most farmed fish in South Africa?
Of these, rainbow trout, African catfish, and Mozambique tilapia are the three dominant species. Various farming systems, from net cages in large dams to high-density indoor recirculation systems, are used.
How many fish farms are there in South Africa?
There are currently four farms involved in marine finfish aquaculture; three of these are based in the Eastern Cape (East London) and one in the Western Cape.
Recently, South Africa has seen a shift in technology usage, and at present, there are commercial-scale finfish cages and pond operations running.
How profitable is fish farming in South Africa?
So, assuming you have stocked the 13 800 liter tank with 25 kg fish per 1000 liters, you would be able to harvest around 345 Kg of fish every 8-12 months.
Further assuming that you would sell into the market at an R10 net profit per Kg, you would make R3 450 (or R3 450 per month if you had 10 such tanks).