Aquaculture in Fiji has not been developed on a large scale, the milkfish being the only species cultured widely.[1] A Fijian prawn farm aimed to produce 25 tonnes of Penaeidae in 1990, but did not even make it to the halfway mark in their goal.[2] Most aquacultural attempts in Fiji have aimed to cultivate high-value species for commercial exportation, however the country has not been able to compete with the aquaculture industry already developed in the rest of Southeast Asia.[3]

References

  1. ^ A. A. J. Jansen; Susan Parkinson; A. F. S. Robertson (1990). Food and Nutrition in Fiji: Food production, composition, and intake. editorips@usp.ac.fj. p. 393. ISBN 982-02-0060-1.
  2. ^ Joeli Veitayaki (1995). Fisheries development in Fiji. editorips@usp.ac.fj. p. 66. ISBN 982-02-0104-7.
  3. ^ Dick Watling; Stuart Chape (1992). Environment, Fiji. International Union for Conservation of Nature. p. 65. ISBN 982-301-001-3.

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