BIOFLOC AS A SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE IN FISH FARMING: A REVIEW

Abstract

In the practice of fish production, under conventional crop systems, there is a bottleneck when using large volumes of water, which is a resource that, overtime its availability is increasingly limited, in addition to increasing contamination by the discharges and increase in the cost of production for food not consumed. Therefore, the search for new fish production possibilities more friendly to the environment, socially inclusive, and profitable, it is increasingly indispensable. One of the alternatives that begin to captivate the interest of fish farmers is the super-intensive production system with Biofloc technology (BFT), which is based on taking advantage of the accumulation of food waste, organic matter, and toxic inorganic compounds through microorganisms present in aquatic environments and the use of small areas of land. In the current work, a review is made about Biofloc technology as a sustainable alternative for aquaculture production.