Market opportunities for cobia

Regardless of how you grow, the profitability of your farm will depend on three main factors: demand, viability, and profit margin. Lots of new farmers focus the majority of their efforts on their ability to grow a single crop and forget to do research on the other factors. In this article, learn how to appropriately address questions like the following: What can you sell a lot of? What does your market want? What are you good at growing? What has a good profit margin? For a profitable f

The fungi, which produce toxins in the field and during storage, are of the strain Aspergillus, Penicillium, and Fusarium. Mycotoxin producing moulds are found in nature and come into contact with forages and cereals in the field, before and during harvesting. The contact goes on throughout drying, transportation, and storage. Conditions such as high moisture content above 13 per cent in grains, poor storage, high humidity, crop stress, and insect attacks, create an ideal env

After reaching 20–30g, cobia juveniles can be stocked into grow-out ponds at 4000–7000 per hectare.Stocking density impacts growth performance and needs to be managed throughout the growth cycle. Stocking into cages or compartments within ponds permits better control over health management, sorting, and harvesting.Careful management of pond water quality through aeration and water exchange is necessary to accommodate the high levels of oxygen consumption and ammonia excretion of

MalformationsMalformations such as notochordal axis syndromes and pericardial oedema may be expressed in early cobia larvae (1–2 days post hatch) and contribute to high mortality rates.Bacterial diseaseRigorous on-farm water quality and health monitoring programs should be in place for early detection of disease.Avoid larval rearing in water low in salinity and/or high in fine suspended solids to prevent respiratory stress and epitheliocystis outbreaks (18–35 days post hatch) caused