I'm beyond trying - I have a proven track record of production, looking to apply new technology to generate two or three fold our previous production.

1) Storage - (Refrigeration such as Flash freezing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_freezing
2) Transportation
3) Variety
4) Government incentives
5) Passionate people about Aqua Culture - (Looking to work in partnership with knowledgeable people in the matter).



Omar@Dominicana.com

It would seem every condo can have a fish farm......
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/10/future_of_food.php
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you need to go to a brain farm

omars; you left out the most import factor.MARKET! have you investigated whether or not you can produce them at a competitive price for places like the hotel industry? i do not think that this government has a venture capital department, but why don't you get a proper feasibility study and business plan done, and present it to the department of agriculture for perusal. for a nominal fee, i will do the studies . hey, you can't blame a guy for trying, can you?

guppy brain has spoken!
One reason that this field is difficult is that the US; a possible main market, subsidises its producers in many ways.
http://www.thefishsite.com/fishnews/10803/aquaculture-grants-available-to-hawaii-operators
DR possibly does not have the sophisitcation to impose anti-dumping duties etc.
Still local farmed talapia is available at 50 peso/lb I think from Nagua where there are commercial and charity fish farms.
http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newsroom/news/04012009.html
Recent conference in Nagua.
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amoeba brain has answered

Does anyone know how we can get the technical plans for the tanks used in Nagua??

I do not know how to obtain - however I have served this fish on several occasions fresh and home frozen - much appreciated. One could hope for a network of these Nagua type fish farms throughtout the DR - of course in some way the price needs to be subsidized for poor people. A problems is feed and its price. Also some forms of feed catching are harmful and non-sustainable. But tepia seems to have better conversion ratio than shrimp and could accept poulltry by-products and insect lavae.
Certainly it is criminal now that good protein rich sardines that could easily be canned are used in fish farms as meal to produce shrimp when 1/3 of the world is protein deficient. The conversion ratio is very poor.
What do you think?
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=19373076
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we will use this on every subject the moron abc posts on " you know nothing about_______other than what you googled etc. etc.

Not correct - as a child I used to raise eels - catch them - feed them and than jellied eels very good. My friend ran a fish farm for trout. Eels have a huge conversion ratio. The best thing is to have a dung/compost heap with lots of maggots. Then sieve. Eels are very tolerant of bad water quality
Eels love tadpoles and small frogs as food - and of course these can be raised on waste biomatter.
Once eels were a staple for the poor.....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellied_eels
When I go to London I still look forward to a plate.....
But if you catch them and grow them for a few weeks ...... so good.
Yes I have bought the Nagua Tapia but must visit. Its so good that these people have the vision for a chain of fish farms to feed the poor.

Bishop, charitable group inaugurate fish farm to feed Caribbean poor

NAGUA, Dominican Republic (CNS) -- Watching a Catholic bishop, a Taiwanese ambassador and leaders of an American philanthropic organization release fish into a pond was an exciting moment for 14-year-old Yaritza Ramirez. Clad in the pale blue shirt and skirt that made up the teenager's school uniform, Yaritza, a resident of Nagua, clapped with great enthusiasm along with her fellow classmates as the tilapia and carp were released into one of the many ponds inaugurated in her village April 2. "This is going to help us a lot," she told Catholic News Service through an interpreter. "It's going to bring us food that is good for us, and it will bring us industry that will help us have a better life." About 200 people who live in the northern Dominican village attended the inauguration of the fish-farming ponds. Florida-based Food for the Poor, an international relief and development organization, worked with Bishop Julio Corniel Amaro of Puerto Plata to oversee the $372,000 Rio Baqui Tilapia Farm project. It includes 29 ponds, 10 new houses, a new school and a community center. Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund is teaching the local residents how to run the operation.

Unlike some US citizens I am interested in local enterprises and attempt to share relevant information....
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20090407.htm
Eeels - ymm....
http://www.ngadjonji.bigpondhosting.com/History/history7.html
Important for many peoples.
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