When a disease known as white spot appeared in Santa Catarina, years ago, producers of shrimp in captivity were banned from selling shellfish. Instead of closing the marine farms, some have tried to diversify production, including producing tilapia in the same pond.
"The ecological balance generated in this system enabled the production in polyculture farms infected by the virus before the white spot (white spot syndrome virus)," says engineer Aquaculture Frederico Santos da Costa, who graduated from the University of Santa Catarina.
Mr Costa was one of the pioneers in the state to work with this type of system and made the first experiments on a farm in Barra do Sul, in 2007. During his Masters, Mr Costa tested the technical and financial feasibility of creating tilapia with shrimp and the results were published in 2008. Shortly after, he opened the company Marine Aquaculture Eco, with a colleague at the Aquaculture Department of UFSC. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.
"The ecological balance generated in this system enabled the production in polyculture farms infected by the virus before the white spot (white spot syndrome virus)," says engineer Aquaculture Frederico Santos da Costa, who graduated from the University of Santa Catarina.
Mr Costa was one of the pioneers in the state to work with this type of system and made the first experiments on a farm in Barra do Sul, in 2007. During his Masters, Mr Costa tested the technical and financial feasibility of creating tilapia with shrimp and the results were published in 2008. Shortly after, he opened the company Marine Aquaculture Eco, with a colleague at the Aquaculture Department of UFSC. Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.
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