Question

define composite fish culture?

Answer 1

In composite fish culture system a combination of five to six fishes is used in a single pond so that they do not compete for the food because of there different food habits. All the fishes depending on their food habits feed on different parts of the pond for example: Silver carp is a surface feeder it feed on the surface of the pond, Rohu is a column feeder it feed on the middle portion of the pond and Common carp is a bottom feeder it feed on the bottom portion of the pond.

Advantages:

1. Fishes do not compete for the food they feed on different parts of the water body.

2. As five to six fishes are cultivated at the same time so it increases the fish yield

Answer 2

Composite fish culture:Polyculture is a novel and intensive methods of fish farming in which many types fast growing fishes are cultured together into a ponf or water body.