Larviculture of marine fish in ponds: An affordable option to massify fingerlings production

Abstract

By virtue of its vast biological potential and adaptability in marine, brackish and fresh water, euryhaline —aquatic organisms capable of living in a wide range of salinities— could mean a new direction in the farming of aquatic organisms in Mexico, by the development and growth of a tropical marine fish farming supported by the eurihaline species of our coastlines.

At the moment, larval cultivation with marine fish in Mexico is in an experimental stage, under high-tech farming schemes, with parallel production of live food and limited productive reach. Here, we present a pond culture model as an alternative that allows the handling of large quantities of larvae, with survival margins that can reach up to 60%. The key to success lies in the coupling of ponds preparation with the moment that two-day hatching larvae are available. An option that would allow to reach the necessary productive scale to detonate new value chains in their different links: primary production, processing, distribution and marketing.

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