Fish harvesting

Farmed fish may be harvested in many ways that, either from a lake crammed with water, or drained, per your wants and circumstances.

2. you'll need to crop fish while not debilitating the water entirely (see Section eleven.1):

in ponds that cannot be drained by gravity, unless you are prepared to use a water pump;

whenever you wish to create a partial harvest by capturing the biggest fish to skinny out the stock, increasing living space and availability of natural food for the fish left

in the pond;

for monitoring your fish stock regularly, for example checking on their growth and the food conversion efficiency (see Sections 16.1 and 16.2);

for management functions like fishing brooders from broodstock ponds for spawning or cropping grill from spawning ponds wherever mature fish square measure left breeding on 3.

endless your fish by In such case, all the fish present are removed from it, being harvested either inside the pond or outside.

You will learn more about these methods in Sections 11.2 and 11.3.

4. The thanks to harvest a lake additionally greatly depends on the type of fish it ought to yield.

(a) If it ought to yield live fish like juveniles for stocking, brooders for spawning, or table fish to be sold alive:

during harvest, stress to the fish should be reduced to a minimum, and

after harvest, fish ought to be transferred to smart water as shortly as doable, for transport and, if necessary, for storage.

(b) If the fish {are not|aren't|don't seem to be">enfeebling to be unbroken alive, as within the case of most table fish, native selling issues become necessary.

Even then, smart|an honest|a decent} harvest home technique can build it easier to provide good quality fish.

5. Here are some general suggestions for improving your results, whatever type of harvesting you carry out.

(a) Start early in the morning when it is cooler and stop before it becomes too hot.

(b) Keep your fish in clean water as much as possible:

avoid walking into the pond more than necessary;

bring in extra clean water from outside the harvested pond;

rinse muddy fish well, before storage.