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On-land Fish Farm

On-land Fish Farm

On-land Fish Farm

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Hi Eng's,

Does anybody know about design standards, guidelines and requirements for on-land fishfarms in Canada or Northamerica at all?

RE: On-land Fish Farm

Each State will have their own set of regs. Search the DNR sites of the States you are interested in.

RE: On-land Fish Farm

I have a small amount of experience (2 catfishponds) not much though.  Here is what I remember

1.  Get good clay bottom to hold water.  at least 2'
2. slope pond so that you can drain it.  i try to put 3' water at one end and 5.5-6' on the deep end.
3. put enough freeboard on it to hold the 25 year rain +1 foot.
4. make sure the dam is cored with clay
5. keep offsite water from entering pond

RE: On-land Fish Farm

I am currently working on an EIS submission for an intensive prawn aquaculture project, and make the following comment:
The nuts & bolt engineering is reasonably standard stuff, sizing of pumps & pipes is important as the volumes can be considerable;
The water quality side is crucial, and requires serious consideration with regard nitates etc removal, nutrient removal, sludge treatment etc;
The most serious questions posed by authorities are likely to do with discharge during unusual rain events, concerning concentration of nutrients as well as potential for disease release on a regular basis.

A search on Aquaculture EIS or similar provides a lot previous work, saves reinventing the wheel or forgetting something obscure and/or crucial.
cheers

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