Aquaculture
Aquaculture is farming of fish, shellfish and aquatic plants in fresh or salt water.Aquaculture products are grown in earthen ponds, freshwater lakes and bays, or in the open ocean. The fish are fed and cared for to ensure optimum health and product quality. Aquaculture is mainly intended for production of food, stock enhancement and socioeconomic development.
A project for breeding crabs ‘carle’ and soft-shell crab to diversify the sector of aquaculture on the island.The Ministry of fisheries and wants to develop a farm of approximately 10,000 crabs that grow in individual boxes stacked and which will be fed to the other by a water circulation system.
This breeding project of crabs in the heart of the coastal areas of the island of Mauritius is expected to cost between 2-3 million rupees * and will ultimately in the country no longer have to import large amount of crabs of Madagascar and Asia to serve the local market.
In Poudre d’or we have a young Aquaculture passionated he is the first Mauritian to be nominated for the Anzisha Prize, an initiative of the African Leadership Academy that rewards the best entrepreneurs in Africa for 10 years. Jessan Kumar Persand stands out thanks to its aquaculture project.
In addition to having a computer system license, he also took a course in aquaculture at the University of Mauritius.The idea of going into aquaculture has sprouted from his uncle’s barachois, Poudre d’Or. His uncle’s company, Persand Royal, is engaged in growing oysters. He grows them in salt water in a barachois of nine hectares. While he was studying computer science at the University of Mauritius, he helped his uncle in his business.
