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kg of eel would be about 26 local dollars. As the eel is a highly-priced
fish, selling at 80 local dollars per kg, there is a margin in hand for the
other expenses of culture and for a profit. More than that, the pond
develops a rich plankton and bottom fauna and flora, so that it is also
stocked with plankton-eating silver carp, common carp, and grey
mullet, all of which would add to the income of the pond without adding
to expenses. The technique, like that of the culture of the ‘‘ ayu ”, is
a relic of the days when the island was under Japanese rule, and is the
Japanese technique transported abroad.
FIG. 14. The culture of eel (Anguilln japonica) in Taiwan. A double basket load of
trash fish from the fish market has been offered and is covered with feeding eels.
L. Fish culture in Taiwan
I n Taiwan, brackish-water fish culture reaches its highest technical
level. Grey mullet are grown in the brackish-water ponds on the west
coast (Tang, 1964) but the writer has seen no description of their
culture and management. This neglect of grey mullet in favour of
Chanos is the more peculiar, in that the former grow as fast (Schuster,
1952, Blanco and Acosta, 1958) and fetch the same price (Schuster,
1952). Their young are caught in brackish water in the same way, and
their food is so much the same that they are competitors (Hiatt, 1944).
0. F. HICKLING
kg of eel would be about 26 local dollars. As the eel is a highly-priced
fish, selling at 80 local dollars per kg, there is a margin in hand for the
other expenses of culture and for a profit. More than that, the pond
develops a rich plankton and bottom fauna and flora, so that it is also
stocked with plankton-eating silver carp, common carp, and grey
mullet, all of which would add to the income of the pond without adding
to expenses. The technique, like that of the culture of the ‘‘ ayu ”, is
a relic of the days when the island was under Japanese rule, and is the
Japanese technique transported abroad.
FIG. 14. The culture of eel (Anguilln japonica) in Taiwan. A double basket load of
trash fish from the fish market has been offered and is covered with feeding eels.
L. Fish culture in Taiwan
I n Taiwan, brackish-water fish culture reaches its highest technical
level. Grey mullet are grown in the brackish-water ponds on the west
coast (Tang, 1964) but the writer has seen no description of their
culture and management. This neglect of grey mullet in favour of
Chanos is the more peculiar, in that the former grow as fast (Schuster,
1952, Blanco and Acosta, 1958) and fetch the same price (Schuster,
1952). Their young are caught in brackish water in the same way, and
their food is so much the same that they are competitors (Hiatt, 1944).