New Age Fish Farm Opens Off The Coast Of Changi, Only Need 2 People To Operate

Boon Hun

2019-11-21 , 10:00 am

On 20 Nov 2019, Singapore reached yet another first.

We are one of the first few to open up a floating closed-containment fish farm in the entire world.

And by that, I mean this floating contraption on the sea.

So what exactly is that?

What is it?

It’s a floating close-contained fish farm about 5km from Changi Point Ferry Terminal.

As its name suggests, its purpose is to grow fish for consumption.

And why should Goody Feed be interested in writing about it?

For One, We Don’t Have To Be Afraid Of Running Out Of Fishes

This floating structure, measuring by just 48 metres by 28 metres, is capable of producing 166 tonnes of fishes a year for consumption.

That’s 20 times more than the minimum production yield for coastal fish farms in Singapore.

And because the fishes are reared in ~~prison-~~I mean, isolation, they’re protected against external threats that typically kill them off in the traditional kelong, where fishes are kept in open-net cage systems.

Besides that, the seawater within the containers are kept at the optimal “oceanic water quality” with:

Filtration
Ozonation to destroy bacteria, viruses and pathogens
And oxygen pumped in

In layman’s term, we can be assured of having enough good quality fishes to eat.

And Two, Only Two People Is Required To Operate The Farm

That’s right, for a farm that can churn out so many tonnes of fishes, it only requires two people to operate.

Which is good news, especially when you consider Singapore’s ageing population. That and our unwillingness to get into such jobs.

The offshore farm is also smaller, only taking up space equivalent to 14% of a typical fish farm which is producing the same quantity.

If You’re The Owner Of A Farm

Know that we could be writing about your new-age farm.

The Eco-Ark was developed with the support of the Singapore Food Agency’s Agriculture Productivity Fund which was enhanced last year.

The purpose of the fund is to help local farms develop new technology and systems for farming.

But If You’re Not

This is also good news because we won’t be facing a fish shortage in Singapore anytime soon (as long as more of such farms pop up).

Plus, the price of fishes will be kept low (or as low as Singapore can get) as the new technology helps to cut down the cost for fish farms (they won’t have to spend as much on manpower, ferrying seawater to land-based fish farms, losing fishes to illnesses, etc).