Grow out culture of seabass in cages

Aquaculture of Lates calcarifer, known as seabass, was \ncommenced in the 1970s in Thailand, and rapidly spread \nthroughout Southeast Asia. In India also it is a sought \nafter fish in many states. The grow-out phase involves \nthe rearing of the seabass from juvenile to marketable \nsize. Marketable size requirement of seabass vary country \nto country e.g. in Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and \nSingapore, the normally accepted marketable size of \nseabass is between 700–1200 g while in the Philippines, \nmarketable size is between 300–400 g. The culture period \nin grow-out phase also vary from 3–4 months (to produce \n300–400) to 8–12 months. The success of marine cage \nculture of seabass and its economical viability have \ncontributed significantly to large scale development of \nthis aquaculture system