Jabatan Perikanan Malaysia menganjurkan kursus percuma

di LAMAN PERIKANAN @ MAEPS (MALAYSIAN AGRO EXPOSITION PARK SERDANG) JUN 2010.

Orang ramai dijemput hadir. SETIAP HARI SABTU Masa : 9.00 pagi - 1.00 Petang

Tarikh Tajuk Kursus

5 Jun - Taksonomi dan Taburan
- Mengenali Jenis-jenis Kelisa

12 Jun - Pemilihan Kelisa Berkualiti
- Pemeliharaan Kelisa dalam Akuarium Sebagai Hobi

19 Jun - Pengurusan Induk Kelisa
- Pembenihan Secara Komersil

26 Jun - Potensi Pelaburan dan Pasaran
- Program Pemuliharaan Kelisa di Malaysia

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KUCHING, March 1,2010 (Bernama) -- The arowana breeding industry has been identified as a potential high value project to increase the income of the population, especially the poor in Sarawak.

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim said breeding arowana could give lucrative returns to the operators.

"Some arowana species are found only in Borneo and it has a very high potential to be developed," she said at the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching here today.

She said the swiftlet industry was another high value industry in Sarawak due to the high demand for bird nests in the world market.

"Swiftlet breeding and its downstream industry also provide job opportunities for housewives. This will raise the income of the population, particularly the poor," she said.

In the state, swiftlet farm operators needed to obtain the licence to breed the bird from the Sarawak Forestry Corporation, she said.

Rohani also urged entrepreneurs in the state to invest in large-scale cattle and goat farming as well as halal products.

"Sarawak has suitable areas for large-scale cattle and goat farming," she said.

She also told farmers in the state to get into pineapple cultivation.

The Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board would start operating in Sarawak this year to develop the pineapple downstream industry, she said.

"Pineapple cultivation will bring lucrative profits to the operators because of its high demand from overseas," she added.

Source -- BERNAMA

Stages of life

Superworms have 4 stages of life: egg, larva, pupae and beetle. The beetles are the only ones that reproduce. Breeding superworms is very similar to that of mealworms but with one difference. They will need to be separated individually so they can pupate. If you keep them together you will never obtain beetles to start another generation. Superworms grow slowly and it can take 5 months or longer (depending on the temperature you keep them at) to become large enough to start the “morphing” process. Pupation is an essential process and the only way to obtain beetles for breeding. I keep all stages of superworms at a temperature between 70 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.

Metamorphosing superworms

Choose the largest superworms possible and place a single worm into an empty 35mm film container. I’ve found film containers work best as they require very little space. Due to the digital era they are becoming harder to find but I’ve always had good luck at the Wal-Mart and Costco photo centers. If you can’t get them you can always use plastic bead boxes for crafts, baby food jars etc.

Leave the superworm in the empty film container with no food or water. Adding food or water to the film container prolongs the time it takes them to pupate and makes a bigger workload for you. As long as they are very large larva you should have very few to no deaths.

After several days the worms will become dormant and begin curling to a letter “c” or “e”. This is the start of the morphing process. Any superworms that are straight looking, hard or black are probably dead. The process from larva to pupae takes 1 to 2 weeks.

Superworm pupa

Once the worm has pupated it will look like a white or cream colored “alien” as most people call them. This is their third stage of life. You can either leave them in the film container or place them all in a separate container. I remove mine and place them in a separate container as it saves space and then you can start another larva in the film container. When their legs turn darker in color you’ll know a beetle is about to emerge. The process from pupae to beetle takes about 2 weeks.

Superworm beatles

Before removing these beetles you need to put together a new breeding container. I use trays that are (14” x 10” x 3.5”). You can use really any type of container such as Rubbermaid and Sterilite but I’ve found cat litter pans to be most effective. Add about 1 inch of wheat bran or a pre-made gutload to the bottom of the container. The beetles will eat and lay their eggs in this. Try not to use coarse bedding such as oats unless you blend it to a powder. This will make it easier to separate the superworms later for cleaning or feeding your animals. In one corner I add a small piece of egg crate so the beetles have a place to gather. Otherwise they may wander through the container digging up eggs and eating them. You may now move the beetles to this container. Offer potatoes, carrots, fruits or water crystals as a water source. Moisture is extremely important for the beetles just as it is for the superworms themselves. A lack of moisture will result in beetles preying on eggs, newly hatched babies and other beetles.

About every 2 to 4 weeks (depending on how many beetles you have in one container) remove the beetles from the bedding and place them in a fresh container as described above. This allows the eggs to hatch and furthers your chances of obtaining more babies. If the beetles are left they will prey on the eggs and possibly the newly hatched larva. The newly hatched worms could do the same with each other. Adult beetles can live up to 5 months with a female laying nearly 500 eggs in her lifetime.

Raising baby superworms

The key to hatching is heat and most importantly moisture. For the babies I keep the temperature around 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Add small chunks or slices of potato, carrot, apples etc on the bedding surface. This will provide moisture for the newly hatched babies. Once the babies grow larger you can use water crystals if you wish.

That’s it, you’ve bred superworms!

Congratulations! You have now successfully completed your first breeding cycle. It will take time before your colony is established but once it is you’ll have a continuous supply of superworms!

 Source http://www.geckotime.com

Believed to bring good luck and wealth, the arowana or dragon fish is in great demand and a mature fish can fetch about RM15,000 each. An intrigued SHARON NG KOOI KIN visits an arowana farm to watch the harvesting of the fry

THE fastest growing commercial fish breeding industry in Peninsular Malaysia must surely be at Bukit Merah, Semanggol, Perak.

A few years ago, such farms did not attract much attention but today there are over 50 in this small region alone, with one opening every few months!

The 7,000-acre Bukit Merah Lake is the natural habitat of the Malaysian Golden Arowana, an ornamental fish highly prized by aquarists, resulting in many fish farms being established in its vicinity.

The unpolluted lake water is piped to the farms to encourage the breeding of these majestic fish in captivity. The farms themselves have become a tourist attraction of sorts and visitors often drop by before or after going to the nearby Orang Utan Sanctuary in Bukit Merah Laketown.

Arowana aquaculture is one of the newest and most lucrative ventures into which many local and foreign investors are putting their money.

Let’s enter the exciting world of fish aquaculture that makes use of the latest scientific techniques and electronic devices.

Such sophisticated set-ups are not unlike that required for protecting someone or something very precious and valuable, like a fortress of gold. Only, in this case, it is the Golden Head Arowana (Kim Leng or Golden Dragon in Hokkien dialect), an equally valuable commodity. A mature Golden Arowana can fetch about RM15,000!

Investors from as far as Germany and UK have bought ponds of arowana in his farm and profits are shared 50-50.

There are 63 ponds in Choong’s five-acre project and each pond is monitored by a CCTV camera that can be viewed by the investors from anywhere in the world! So you can literally keep an eye on what and where you’ve put your money on.

The fish will also be micro-chipped and closely cared for. Sick fish are placed in quarantine, referred to as the ICU. The most common diseases affecting the arowana are anchor worm parasite infection, fin rot and cloudy eyes. Pure oxygen, saline baths and injections of Diptrex or antibiotics are the usual treatments.

Once every two months, the fry are harvested and transferred to a thermostat-controlled aquaria where the water temperature is maintained at 27-29ºC.

Many of the fry still have yolk sacs attached to their bellies but these will slowly be absorbed, usually within eight weeks. Older, free-swimming fry are then fed tubifex worms until after three months when their diet switches bigger mealworms, fresh prawns or minced fish meat.

There is an endless stream of visitors to deal with as millions of ringgit have been poured into this new investment opportunity. A fish pond containing 15 to 30 adult arowana is valued at between RM40,000 and RM100,000. There is a huge demand for Golden Head and Red Arowana, so they command the highest prices.

Together with some visiting investors, we follow the harvesters to ponds designated for the morning’s harvesting. Entering the pond, two workers slowly drag a net across its bed. At the other end, the outer edge of the net is lifted up on two poles, trapping all the fish. A short aluminium ladder is then placed inside the net to allow the expert handler to step down and examine each fish for fry.

The arowana (both male and female), keeps the fry inside its large mouth cavity for about two months! The male is the one that usually undertakes this incubation task and develops a remarkable brood pouch on the underside of its mouth. The fry hatch from eggs within a week and it’s a wonder that they are not swallowed when the parent feeds.

Of the three ponds harvested that morning, only one fish out of maybe 60 examined, has fries in its mouth, a brood of 34. The handler gently draws back the lower jaw of the parent fish, shakes it briefly to release the fry into a scoop net. These are then transferred to a big plastic bag.

After six to eight months when they attain 20-25cm in length, the arowana fry will be sold for between RM20 and a few hundred ringgit each, depending on species. In its natural environment, the peak breeding period for the arowana is August-October.

Breeding Zones

While the proliferation of fish farms may be good for investors, the Perak State Government has expressed concern over the fast pace at which these fish farms have expanded in the last few years.

In a Bernama news report (Dec 30, 2009) Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir expressed fears that padi fields will be turned into arowana breeding ponds.

“It is profitable for breeders, but the effect on padi planting in Kerian is worrying. It is estimated that 400 padi fields are being used to breed arowana,” he was reported as saying.

The report also said that Zambry proposed the establishment of Arowana Breeding Zones in Kerian District, especially in the Bukit Merah area.

The arowana breeding industry is growing quickly because of high demand from local aquarium hobbyists as well as international markets like China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea and UK.

The Chinese believe that rearing a pair or two of the Golden Arowana at home or in the office, will bring good luck, prosperity, good health, happiness and family harmony. The fish is also believed to have the power to cast out evil spirits.

How To Get There

Head for Semanggol in Perak to check out what this fishy excitement is all about. A guided tour of the arowana breeding farms will reveal an agriculture project and investment opportunity that’s excitingly innovative because it combines nature’s ability to reproduce itself and man’s ever expanding scientific know-how.

Exit the North-South Plus Highway at Bukit Merah toll plaza. Drive past Bukit Merah Lake Town junction and three kms from the toll plaza, turn left to Tebuk Pancur. Here, you’ll see lots of posters and banners advertising arowana breeding centres, some as near as just 200m down the road.

source SHARON NG KOOI KIN , NST Online

IPOH: Arowana farms in the Tasik Bukit Merah vicinity in northern Perak will be legalised and regrouped into a special zone, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir said.

He said there was a need for proper control of arowana breeding activities around the lake, which farmers in Perak’s main padi growing areas of Kerian and Sungai Manik have blamed as the reason for their dwindling harvests.

“Padi farmers have complained to me about this and I have seen with my own eyes the damage that has been done in the last two years since these fish farms started operations.

“Breeders are using water from the lake for their ponds, causing insufficient water supply for the padi fields,” he told reporters after chairing the weekly state executive meeting here yesterday.

Dr Zambry, however, noted that only 182ha would be offered to the fish breeders with land premium calculated based on industrial and not agricultural usage.

“Arowana are highly-prized aquarium fish that can be sold for thousands of ringgit.

“At such, the breeders can afford to pay the land premium,” he said, adding that the state would not allow any more fish farms to be opened up after the rezoning exercise.

He acknowledged that arowana breeding was a lucrative industry “but we have to strike a balance as padi is our main food source.”

The Kerian Land and Mines Office and the Drainage and Irrigation Department, he said, had been asked to conduct a study on the water shortage problem and come up with a solution.

sourceThe star - Thursday February 18, 2010

(Perak - Kerian) Saturday (January 23) morning Bukit Merah an Arowana farm was break in ,the indoor cultivation site house more than 1500 fish fry fish fry was stolen, the loss of up to 1.7 million ringgit.The  fish farm is the Bukit Merah Aquarium Co., Ltd. (BUKIT MERAH AQUACULTURE (M) SDN BHD), between the time of the incident is believed to Saturday 1:00 to 5 pm between. Managing Director, Ahmad told reporters that an unknown number of thieves, destruction of fish inside the closed-circuit television, and fry to cultivate room blasting the back door sneak dry case, the indoor cultivation believers thief stole Arowana almost finished, with only 9 fry.He said that 1.54 million worth of cultivating indoor ringgit, up to 3" length , total 1588 dragon fish of various types, 20 have been implanted with a microchip ready to be exported to Japan at the end of the high-back Arowana, a value of 1 10000-15000 ringgit exhibiting 18-inch adult blue-off back Arowana also be stolen.

He said that after estimating that the stolen Arowana totaling 1.7 million ringgit.He said the stolen 20 destined for Japan's six-inch fish, the body can not be removed chips, so these fish have no chance of theft shipped abroad, if the thief Christians try to remove the chips, the fish just will die.He said the fish farm workers Saturday morning, 8:30 Xu, enter the room at work to cultivate fry surprised to discover that the fish had been stolen finished interior.After the directors of the Company to a new report Mans Wei police station.Ahmad's son revealed that at 2 o'clock, there to hear the voice of dog barking, but his family thought it was just fighting dogs and cats. Ahmad said that the stolen fish fry involving five fish ponds, the affected investors, more than five people.

It is learned that, according to investment contracts, as investors are faced burglary and fry, so the fish farm operators are required to compensate investors in full.Ahmad said the Bukit Merah Arowana Aquarium Co., Ltd. and North Horse breeding industry associations, will be 100 thousand ringgit reward for information leading to the capture of the thief people.

Ahmad also revealed that one of them living in Kuala Lumpur, and, in the fish market to invest 40 million ringgit in Malay businessmen home, but also a few days ago by burglary, a thief sneaked into the merchant's house and stole only kept in the house 9 Arowana, merchants and other property, thieves are not interested.

This news was translate using Google frm Sin Chew Jit Poh 2010.01.24 

original link http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/147166?tid=1