Seafood is something we all love. Whether it is for the delicious taste, the health benefits, or the cultural significance, seafood is an important part of our lives. The demand for it is ever-rising. Think about this for a second - What if seafood suddenly disappears off the face of the earth? What if seafood becomes so expensive that most of us can’t afford it? While it might sound far-fetched, these might become real possibilities due to multiple reasons like climate change, rapid population growth, low availability, and increasing demand.

To combat the growing demand for seafood, aquaculture is the need of the hour. What is aquaculture, you ask? Aquaculture is basically agriculture for seafood. It is the technique of cultivating fish to fulfil the demand of the consumer market. Aquaculture keeps the prices of your favourite fish in check, and good practices in fish cultivation are necessary to bring you the safest seafood.

At Cambay Tiger, we love aquaculture. We have 5 reasons here as to why you’ll love it too!

1. It is a necessity to meet the growing seafood demand.

Aquaculture is important to hit the seafood supply necessary to fulfill the needs of the consumer market. As people are becoming more health conscious, they look more towards the benefits fish can provide for them. This increase in demand is offset by a growing number of fish farms across the country that are cultivating high-quality fish.

2. It is comparatively cost-efficient.

Another reason why we love aquaculture is that it doesn’t take a lot of money to get started and keep running. It takes fewer resources to farm fish over land animals like goats, sheep, etc. All that it takes to run an efficient fish farm is someone with knowledge of fish farming, care for the fish they grow, and good business practices to satisfy the needs of the consumer.

3. Lower environmental impact than livestock farming.

When proper care is put into aquaculture, it doesn’t have any large downsides for the environment. Compared to traditional livestock farming, fish farming has a lower carbon footprint. A lot more sustainable practices are being implemented in aquaculture on a day-to-day basis, making it all the more environmentally friendly.

4. It prevents overfishing of the world’s oceans

Overfishing has been a major problem for decades. People have exploited wild fish for years and this has led to dwindling populations of popular fish in the oceans. In the future, aquaculture can help satisfy the demand of consumers on its own, making excessive fishing unnecessary.

5. It bolsters the economy.

As more people start getting into aquaculture, it increases India’s fish and seafood output and makes the export market larger. Internally, aquaculture can also help create jobs as farms keep getting bigger as the domestic market for seafood grows.

Cambay Tiger wants to promote aquaculture as a means of making sure that Indian consumers receive the highest-grade fish that they possibly can. We run our own Tilapia fish farm and prawn hatchery, where we manage the entire supply chain from the farm to your kitchen. At Cambay Tiger, we believe in a sustainable future for seafood and never compromise on quality.