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D-cage-farming Dictionary

Cage farming

Raising fish in net cages in a lake or dam

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Plain meaning
Raising fish in net cages in a lake or dam
How to use it
Cage farming needs a permit for public waters; check before investing.
South African benchmark
Cage farming is small in South Africa, whose aquaculture is mainly land-based and marine (Article 85).
Country notes
Lake Kariba carries cage farming of tilapia for Zimbabwe and Zambia.
Go and read
M13-U1, M13-U5
Calculate it
T-M13-02 Pond Stocking and Harvest
Library sources
LIB-A084, LIB-A085, LIB-A086, LIB-P-Aquaculture
See also
Aquaculture
Aquaculture: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedAquaculture: how the business runsSold bykg of fish per cubic metre1Stock fingerlings2Feed3Grow4Harvest5Sell fresh or frozenZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Aquaculture Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M13 Aquaculture.