FramanAgridev Development Company Ltd
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Fish
As statistics show increasing preponderance of fish farming as opposed to wild fishing stock, FramanAgridev has intensified its technical competence in farming and will assist in establishing back to back fish farms.
Fish are aquatic vertebrates that live in the sea and fresh water. Most fish have highly developed senses with excellent taste, smell and colour vision. They also have a ‘lateral line system’ of receptors that can detect the motion of currents, nearby fish and prey.
They are capable of feeling pain, fear and psychological stress. Scientific evidence is also revealing that fish are far more intelligent than they appear. They have long-term memories, social structures and problem solving abilities; some have even been seen using tools.
Fish are an important source of food for people around the world, either caught wild or farmed, known as aquaculture.
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Fish farming
As wild fishing stocks collapse through over-fishing, fish farming is growing rapidly. In 1970 only around 5 per cent of the fish we ate came from farms. Today half of the fish we eat is farmed. Some scientists have predicted that by 2050, stocks of all species of sea fish will have collapsed, forcing us to rely almost exclusively on farmed fish. The species raised in fish farms include salmon, trout, cod, carp, catfish, sea bass, tilapia, and others. Today the vast majority of Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout are farmed intensively in fish farms. Fish in fish farms are reared in large numbers in densely stocked tanks or enclosures in rivers, lakes or at sea in sea-cages.
Many farmed fish are fed largely on wild fish. To produce farmed fish such as salmon it takes about three times the weight of wild caught fish. This is not only unsustainable but adds to the serious welfare concerns about how wild fish are caught and slaughtered.
Fish can be farmed more humanely than conventional intensive farming. Organic and Soil Association organic standards improve the welfare of farmed fish. Contrary to organic standards for other animals; fish may still be confined in cages. However organic farmed fish benefit from more space and a requirement to use humane slaughter methods. In addition, Soil Association organic standards limit starvation and ensure that wild fish used to feed farmed fish must be caught sustainably
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