Aquaculture And Fisheries

Freshwater aquaculture is the culture of aquatic species within the  freshwater environment.

The main species of freshwater fish produced, other than barramundi, are:

Silver perch (Bidyanus bidyanus)

Jjade perch, or Barcoo grunter, (Scortum barcoo)

Australian bass (Macquaria novemaculeata)

Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii peelii).

Fresh water culture systems: cultivable organisms are cultured in different types of culture systems there are three culture systems

Open culture systems

 Cage culture

 Pen culture

 Raft culture

 Rack culture

Closed culture system

1.Water recirculation system

Semi-closed culture system

1. Pond culture

2. Raceway culture

The selection of the system depends up on the function of the organisms to be grown and ideas of the farmer.