{"id":775,"date":"2012-11-13T17:06:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T17:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fortuneofafrica.com\/ug\/cage-fish-farming\/"},"modified":"2012-11-13T17:06:20","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T17:06:20","slug":"cage-fish-farming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/cage-fish-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"Cage Fish farming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cage fish farming is a process whereby a cage is placed in a lake or a pond which enables the feeding of the fish in a controlled area.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Construction of cages<\/strong><br \/>\nCages for fish cage farming are made from either a hard plastic mesh or wire webbing. flexible cages are made by building a frame, then covering it with netting made from nylon or a similar material. The type of frame used depends upon where it will be placed. Flexible cages are only suitable for still waters where there is little threat from predators, such as turtles or large carnivorous fish.<\/p>\n<p>The types of fish that can be kept in ponds and cages include the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North African Catfish<\/li>\n<li>Nile tilapia<\/li>\n<li>Carp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Placement of a cage<\/strong><br \/>\nSpecies that require highly oxygenated water, such as trout or salmon, can only be raised in moving water such as rivers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stocking in a cage<\/strong><br \/>\nFish should be stocked at a density of five to eight fish per cubic foot of cage volume because lower densities encourage aggressive behavior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feeding the fish<\/strong><br \/>\nCaged fish&#8217;s nutrition comes from fish food. Commercial fish feed contains the balance of proteins, amino acids, vitamins and minerals the fish need to grow and stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Harvesting fish in a cage<\/strong><br \/>\nFish may be removed with a hand-held net and if the cage is large, nets may be used to move the fish toward one corner,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cage fish farming is a process whereby a cage is placed in a lake or a pond which enables the feeding of the fish in a controlled area. Construction of cages Cages for fish cage farming are made from either a hard plastic mesh or wire webbing. flexible cages are made by building a frame, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-775","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"admin","author_link":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/author\/admin\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Cage fish farming is a process whereby a cage is placed in a lake or a pond which enables the feeding of the fish in a controlled area. Construction of cages Cages for fish cage farming are made from either a hard plastic mesh or wire webbing. flexible cages are made by building a frame,&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afrifacto.com\/ug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}