Fish farming in Nigeria, over the years, has become a lucrative business in the agricultural sector of the country. From the beginning of time, farmers have centred their production of agriculture on peasant farming, farms produce, plantation, livestock farming, (crop farming and animal husbandry). It is the basic and popular farming system in Nigeria.

Fish farming or pisciculture involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures such as fish ponds, usually for food. It is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. A facility that releases juvenile fish into the wild for recreational fishing or to supplement a species’ natural numbers is generally referred to as a fish hatchery. Worldwide, the most important fish species produced in fish farming are carp, tilapia, salmon, and catfish

Types Of Fish Farming (Fish Species)

There are varieties of fishes that exist, but only a few of these fishes can be breed. There are three major fish species that farmers breed on fish farming.

Catfish Farming

Catfish is not the most popular fish in Nigeria, this fish species is by far the most cultivated in Nigeria. Fish Farmers bank on this species of because of it, one major attractive part of this species of fishes that it is one of the easiest species to breed. So, People willingly move to this direction because of the natural ease they found in cultivating the cast fish, fish farming system.

Tilapia Fish Farming

Tilapia Fish is the second most popular fish in the Nigeria aquaculture industry. Tilapia fish species live in fresh shallow water. It produces very rapidly and grows fast, also, it easy to cultivates and is very popular in the Nigerian market. The world aquaculture production of Tilapia Fish farming is 4.2million tonnes with an estimated value of about 3 to $ 3.5billion.

Mackerel Fish Farming (Titus)

This is the most popular eaten fish by Nigeria and most demanded in the market but so sad it’s not farmed. Mackerel is the species of fish popularly known as Titus, All Mackerel fishes are ‘wild caught.’ How can these blue sea water fish survive? Some farmers in Nigeria are considering the possibilities of trying to create salty water similar to the seawater where mackerel can only survive.

How to start fish farming business in Nigeria

Fish farming has two forms: Nursery Fish farming and the Grown Out Fish Farming. These two can be operated separately or together.

The Nursery Catfish Farming:This involves the inducement of the female fish to lay eggs, which are then fertilized, incubated and hatched. Those little fishes are regarded as fries. The fries are then nurtured into fingerlings in a space of three to four weeks. The fingerlings is the suitable size for use in the Grown Out catfish farming.

The Grown out Catfish Farming:This is dependent on the nursery fish farming because it is impossible to grow fish without the nursery. In between the nursery and grow out operation is what we referred to as the primary operation. It involves the nurturing of the three or four weeks within which they could grow into post fingerlings, mini juveniles and juveniles respectively. These can then be nurtured for between four to five month into grow out or table size fish suitable for sale and consumption......See guide here..https://www.schooldrillers.com/how-to-start-fish-farming-business-in-nigeria/