Growing Notes--Australian Aquaponics--Whole Fresh Fish and a Side Salad Please!
Aquaponics is the recently proven technology of combining aquaculture (raising fish in a controlled environment) and hydroponics (growing plants without soil by nutrients mixed in water) in a symbiotic, recirculating system that channels the nutrient waste from the fish into root zones of green leaf plant products.
Tailormade Fish Farms of New South Wales, Australia, was instigated just two and one-half years ago when a group of recreational fishing friends were discussing the obvious decline in wild fish stocks. After mentioning their conversation to a friend who happened to be a marine biologist with a background in Barramundi fish farming, the 12 shareholders combined their resources and created Tailormade Fish Farms.
