Ornamental Aquaculture
Ornamental Aquaculture
Ornamental Aquaculture
Principal Objective: Retain a tropical fish culture expert who has the
Brian Cole, an expert with more than 10 years experience in all phases
of ornamental fish culture, continues to support the development of an
ornamental fish production industry. In addition to presenting a number of
workshops, he visits farm sites throughout the state and provides farmers
with practical advice on ornamental culture and marketing.
At that point, the 15- to 30-day-old fry from the first cycle are stocked
into growout cages in ponds. Each production unit has nine growout cages
in the ponds, from which the older fish will be continually harvested and
sorted for marketing. After an initial three-month period, each production
unit should be able to attain a marketing target of up to 15,000 fish per
month. Data on the cost, productivity and problems encountered with these
production units will be compiled during the projects third year.
• During the first two years of work on this project, investigators have
learned a great deal about Hawaii ornamental fish markets. Several
species selected because of their popularity on the mainland, such as
cichlids, proved to be unpopular in Hawaii. A range of other species and
strains are being evaluated.
Attempts to breed cardinal tetras have been unsuccessful thus far, but
work is continuing on this species.
Dr. Bruce Miller, Dr. Clyde Tamaru, Richard Bailey and Brian Cole,
Sea Grant Extension Service, University of Hawaii;