I finally started a little fishery. I am raising milk fish, prawns and crabs. I have stocked it with 2,000 milk fish hatchlings. In the coming two weeks, I will add around 2,000 prawn and about 1,000 crab. That is not nearly what it should be able to hold, but I do not want to get in over my head.
All in all, the fishery is about three U.S. acres. It can handle approximately 6,000 milk fish, 5,000 prawn, and about 3,500 crabs.
The middle of the fishery is at a higher elevation. I grow plants there to give the fish some shade and the crab like the mud to roll around in. Plus, these type of plants are used to thatch the roofs of native houses, and they also can be sold for money.
Here is the little native hut where the worker stays.
This is the gate that I use to flood the fishery with oxygenated water during high tide. I lock it up during low tide to hold the water in. When it is time to harvest, I will just put a huge net in front of the gate, and drain the water.
The first screen keeps in the fish, but lets oxygenated water flow in freely during high tide.
These are the type of prawn that I will be raising. Big, nice ones! This close to the equator I can harvest prawn and milk fish four times a year.
This is the type of crabs I will raise. He is just a little guy, though. I will raise them big. I can harvest crabs six times a year and they will still be a nice size.
I have some pineapple on the land, too.
