PLAN OF PRODUCTION AND SITE SELECTION FOR FARMING SEA BREAM (Sparus aurata) IN CAGE CULTURE SYSTEMS ON THE ALBANIAN COAST

The increasing world demand for fish cannot be met by capture fisheries. Aquaculture production is increasing and nowadays cage culture has an important role in meeting the world’s fish demand. Based on the necessity to increase fishing production in Albania, the design of a cage for fish culture is proposed that can be developed and built in this increasing demand for marine fish. Was proposed to rear sea bream (Sparus aurata) because is one of the most consumed fish in this country. To accomplish this objective, the following tasks were carried out: a) The plan of production from one system of 10 floating marine cages for rearing sea bream from 40 – 400 g in a period of 10 months and b) definition of site selection and design parameters of this aquaculture system. From the study resulted that every year the system can produce 530 tons of sea bream. This production can be possible using HDPE cages of diameter 20 m and height of 10m. The most appropriate area for this installation is in the south-west Albanian coast (Karaburun peninsula). According to the calculations the investor should buy cages that support marine waves of bigger than 1.75m.