Live fish carrier system
About the Technology
LFCS is a system designed for transporting live fish. It can be placed on battery operated a-rickshaws, mini trucks or mid size trucks. It can be utilized for live fish marketing, fish seed transportation, ornamental fish trade, brood fish handling in hatcheries etc. It is also useful for storing live fish during marketing. It keeps the fish alive for >7 days with complete freshness. LFCS can also be used by retailers as a live-fish selling kiosk. It increases the farmers’ income by fetching 40-50% more price compared to iced or dead fish. It is made up of plastic and stainless steel. It can also help in getting rid of inhuman working environment that is commonly seen in fish markets and auction centers. It can also reduce fish mortality during transport, and preventing economic loss & post- harvest loss of fish.
Salient Features
- LFCS has automatic aeration, filtration, ammonia absorption , faces segregation and water chilling systems ensuring continuous availability of good quality water which assures less fish mortality (<1%).
- LFCS is more stable compare to conventional method that creates vehicular imbalance and results in frequent accidents.
- This system does away with the manual aeration by using hand, feet, handy, tube etc. in conventional method.
- Requires less than 50% water compared to the conventional method.
- Requires only one worker.
- Ensures supply of fresh fish to the consumers.
- Have less running cost.
- It can provide a means of livelihood to the marginal farmers/ entrepreneurs.
Stakeholders
- Fish farmers
- Fish traders
- Fresh fish retailers
- Hatchery owners
- Ornamental fish traders
- Fish seed transporters
- Bio-floc-based aqua-culturists
- RAS based aqua-culturists
