Re: [Sarnissa] Request for Technical Support!!

Everyone, A number of criteria and conditions are required for developing fish farming and many have been tried in Africa. From the years of experience and many lessons learnt, the old saying holds true, "Keep it simple", especially while learning the business. I have been to Namibia with FAO for fish farming and know you have potential there. But for new comers to this business, it is best to start small with systems of low intensity and low investment, such as rearing fish in ponds, cages or tanks, as done in Nigeria. It is always best to invest in some travel to visit successful fish farms and learn from the mistakes of others. Intensive recirculating systems require highly trained management 24 hours a day, and are not for new comers to the industry. A few of the best best fish farmers in Nigeria travelled to Europe to visit fish farms in Holland and the UK. Now there are a number of successful fish farms to visit in Africa in Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, etc. You might consider visiting some of these farmers and redirecting your efforts based on their lessons learnt. Good luck with your endeavour. Jim Miller On 10/3/12, mirera David<dimirera(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Hallo Nick, > > I concur with your sentiments on the response to Stephanus. > > Some times we have made aquaculture interventions complicated and expensive > through well engineered designs that can not bring out any profitability. > Its of good practice that the consultants show what they have done and is > working before being give intensive and highly demanding aquaculture > assignments like those which may end up useless in the long run. > > However sometimes investors and farmers get corned in the process of > identifying the right people to work with! So how this could be addressed is > an issue and possibly why SARNISSA is in existence. > > Regards > > David > > > > > > Mirera H. O. David > Research Officer > Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) > P. O. Box 81651-80100 > Mombasa-Kenya > office email:dmirera@kmfri.co.ke > Telephone: +254 -020-8021560/1 > Fax: +254 - 020-2353226 > Alternate contact > P.O. Box 98422-80100, Mombasa-Kenya > Mobile:+254-722-646270 > Email:dimirera@yahoo.com > > > ________________________________ > From: Nick James<nickjames(a)intekom.co.za> > To:sarnissa-african-aquaculture@lists.stir.ac.uk > Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 6:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Sarnissa] Request for Technical Support!! > > > > Dear Stephanus > > I am intrigued to know the aquaculture credentials > of the "South African Engineering company" that did the design of your > project. > Did they show you a working model of their design that was fully > operational? If they did not, were they able to give you referral to an > overseas or inter-African example of where their design parameters were > working? > > I ask because SA is getting a reputation for > high-tech system designs that simply do not lead to profitably operational > fish > farms. > > A 500 tonne/pa. tilapia farm is considerable in > terms of production and infrastructure requirements...BUT it is the way that > it > is done that will make the difference between yet another white > elephant...and a viable aquaculture unit. We are getting a little tired of > these > "engineer-designed" set-ups designed by people who have never kept a fish > alive in their lives, as they are giving RAS aquaculture in Africa a bad > name. > > regards > > Nick > > Nicholas P E James > Rivendell Hatchery > PO Box > 6146 > Grahamstown > 6141 South Africa > Cell 082 575 9781 > > emailnickjames(a)intekom.co.za > WEBSITEwww.rivendellhatchery.co.za > ----- Original Message ----- >> Dear William, >> >> Allow me to take this opportunity to > introduce my selves. I am Benedictus Stephanus from Namibia. We are > battling > to get an Fresh water Fish farm off the ground at the Naute Dam for the > last > 4years. Of the challenges we have are more of technical support base. Thus > we > are in need of a technical partner which could take care of the technical > > requirements of the project. >> We look forward towards the valuable > support from the forum at large. >> Kindly, >> >> Benedictus > Stephanus >> Executive Chairman >> Naute Aqua Fish Farms cc >> Mobil: +265 856 > 095 352 >> Email:bstephanus@iway.na > _______________________________________________ > Sarnissa-african-aquaculture mailing list > Sarnissa-african-aquaculture(a)lists.stir.ac.uk > http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sarnissa-african-aquacultu… > >