St. John’ Island is south of Singapore city proper and houses the Tropical Marine Sciences Institute and AVA which is an aquaculture/fishery enterprise, but the island has also has had its prior holdin facilities upgraded to be used as a holding area for potential terrorists, etc.—previously lepers. We walked thru fences topped with barbed wire to reach TMSI. TMSI does research on a variety of marine issues (such as Dr. Rittshof’s project on anti-fouling sgents) , restoration of marine habitats, environmental monitoring, and regionally specific research.
The government aquaculture enterprise studies efficient production of fish for the people of Sg==currently producing 3-5% of the needs of the growing population that utilizes fish as a main food source. They also monitor food safety and other issues. We toured the facility but no photos were allowed. We saw production of algae and rotifes as food sources and growth of fish from specks to grouper the size half as big as I am. The also grow Pompano and /snakehead—commonly consumed fish.
I did see two shorebirds—nidentified—fly to the rock jetty and a raptor flew overhead twice. I did see a common myna (not so common now that it is replaced by the Javanese myna in many city habitats—it parallels our sparrows.
The government aquaculture enterprise studies efficient production of fish for the people of Sg==currently producing 3-5% of the needs of the growing population that utilizes fish as a main food source. They also monitor food safety and other issues. We toured the facility but no photos were allowed. We saw production of algae and rotifes as food sources and growth of fish from specks to grouper the size half as big as I am. The also grow Pompano and /snakehead—commonly consumed fish.
I did see two shorebirds—nidentified—fly to the rock jetty and a raptor flew overhead twice. I did see a common myna (not so common now that it is replaced by the Javanese myna in many city habitats—it parallels our sparrows.
No comments:
Post a Comment