Profile updated on 3 July 2023

SUMMARY

SUMMARY

IDENTIFICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)

Oreochromis niloticus , Oreochromis spp.

SPECIES NAME(s)

Nile tilapia, Tilapias nei (multispecies)

JURISDICTION

West Java

PREDOMINANT PRODUCTION SYSTEM

Cage - Fixed, Cage - Floating, Pond, Paddy-cum-fish culture

WATER SOURCE

Fresh Water

JUVENILE SOURCE

hatchery - closed cycle


ANALYSIS

Strengths
  • The regional government has identified the need for freshwater aquaculture zones based on the carrying capacity of the water body under a regional land-use spatial plan (RTRWP)
Weaknesses
  • There is no evidence that freshwater aquaculture zones have been established under the spatial plan (RTRWP) or that carrying-capacity studies have been used to determine these or maximum pollutant loads from farms.