Economical basis for fingerling production in cage culture in Sri Lanka

AriyaratneTABLE OF CONTENTS1 INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................12 MATERIALS AND METHOD ...........................................................................................32.1 Production cost analysis ................................................................................. 52.1.1 Apply loan .................................................................................................. 82.1.2 Determination of investment costs and production costs .......................... 82.1.3 Calculated revenue/income of the project .................................................. 92.1.4 Cost of reservoir water ............................................................................. 102.1.5 Reservoir area for cage culture project .................................................... 112.1.6 Reservoir area for floating hut ................................................................. 132.1.7 Calculation of cost of fry including transport cost and packing fee ........ 132.1.8 Calculating the cost of feed ...................................................................... 173 RESULTS ..........................................................................................................................184 DISCUSSION ....................................................................................................................275 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................28ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................................29LIST OF REFERENCES ..........................................................................................................30Appendix 1 The fingerling production system in Sri Lanka .....................................................31Appendix 2 Used Fish Species .................................................................................................32Appendix 3 Main Activities in the 45 days fry rearing period in cages ...................................33Appendix 4 Bank Loan .............................................................................................................34Appendix 5 Proximate Composition of 2 feed types, rice bran and commercial feed .............35i