The coastal districts of Andra Pradesh are now witnessing a new technique in fish feeding. Fishes are being fed with the extruded floating feeds replacing the traditional way of feeding with the raw materials.

Bhimavaram, Gudivada, Kaikaluru, Akivedu are now experiencing a new activity as farmers are experiencing the remuneration of extruded floating fish feed.

“There is a lot of confidence among the farmers and they are willing to try the new methods of fish farming for fishes such as Rohu, Catla, Pangasius and also new varieties such as Tilapia and sea bass,” says Mr. S. Amalraaj, Indian Representative for Muyang company in Chennai.

The response from farmers is heartening as the use of extruded floating fish feed comes with a host of compensation in terms of digestion ,growth, water protection, zero water pollution , optimized labour usage and zero wastage of raw materials .

For traditional feeding about 4-5 kgs of raw materials is necessary to produce 1 kg of fish. Whereas during extruded feed one requires about 1.2 kg to produce 1 ktg of fish.

Extruded feed is much safer, because fed ingredients can be pasteurized or cleaned during feed extrusion operation, thus reducing the effects of feed on the health of aquatic animals and water quality.