School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Animal Nutrition

Motto: Production is the key to economic transformation
ABOUT US
1. About Us Message: The School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Processing Technology is a vocational institution established to provide the basic educational knowledge and practical skills needed to take the development of fisheries and aquaculture technology to the next level in order to increase productivity to meet with the nutritional requirements of the growing population.

2. Our Vision: Is to take the development of fisheries production and aquaculture technology to the next level through research and innovation.

3. Our Mission: Is to become part of the success story of our clients by providing the necessary technological backing, technological transfer and technological package for the design, engineering, construction and operation of our client’s projects.

4. Our Believe: We believe in hardwork, innovation and productivity – so the saying; “if you give someone fish, you feed him for a day but if you teach him how to fish you feed him for life”.

5. Our Objectives: The school objectives are divided into two categories:
1. The Training Objectives:
(i) The training section when fully developed will be able to train over 600 prospective fish farmers annually.
(ii) Employment opportunities will be opened to qualified graduates in the area of fisheries and aquaculture.
(iii) The School will serve as a research centre for aquaculture development in Nigeria.
(iv) The School will affiliate with foreign institutions for exchange of information and research knowledge.
(v) Create awareness on fishery sector potentials.
(vi) Assist qualified students/farmers to access loan facilities from appropriate agencies.
2. The Production Objectives
(i) When fully developed, the production section of the school will be able to produce sufficient fingerlings for fish farmers in Cross River State and beyond.
(ii) Viable brood stocks will be made available for fish farmers and for practical purposes.
(iii) More than 20 tones of table sized fish will be bred and processed annually for local consumption.
(iv) Technical support will be given to small fish farm holdings in Niger Delta region, especially in Cross River State.
(v) Assist fish farmers to plan and set up their fish farming facilities.
(vi) Produce fish feeds from local raw materials for fish farmers at reduced rates.

SERVICES/PRODUCTS
1. The school is a profit making organization that charges fees for its products and professional services. The cost for the professional services is determined base on the agreed scope of work during the feasibility study and business plan stage while the cost for our products and educational services is determined by the quality of what we offer to satisfy our customers.

1a. Our professional services are listed below in order of their performance during the development of the client’s project.



Pre-decision Stage
1. Development of product concept
2. Site identification
3. Site inspection visit
4. Feasibility study and business plan

Construction Stage
5. Environmental Impact Assessment
6. Basic & Detailed Engineering of the Fish Farm
7. Basic and Detailed Engineering of the Processing Plant
8. Construction Supervision/Management
9. Equipment Specification and Procurement
10. High Performance Broodstock
11. Operating Manual for Fish Farm
12. Operating Manual for Processing Plant

Operation Stage
13. Long-term Technical Management
14. Start-up and Running of the Fish Farm
15. Staff Training
16. Technical Supervision
17. Trouble Shooting
18. Marketing Assistance

1b. List of our Products
1. Variety of fish fingerlings
2. High performance broodstock
3. Table sized fish
4. Processed fish and fish products
5. High quality fish feeds
6. Exotic aquarium and ornamental fishes
7. Mobile fish ponds and other fish farming facilities

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

1. Certificate Course in Fish Breeding Technology
1. Required Courses:
(1) Introduction to fish farming
(2) Introduction to fish biology and genetic
(3) Water quality management in fish farming
(4) Fish pond construction techniques and maintenance
(5) Fish fingerlings production
(6) Table sized fish production
(7) Fish feeds production
(8) Fish disease management
(9) Fish processing technology
(10) Aquarium production and maintenance
(11) Entrepreneurship

2. Duration: 1 months
3. Admission Requirement: SSCE, GCE, NECO etc
4. Fees: N20,000.00
5. Venue: Calabar Training Campus

2. Specialization in one of the following areas:
1. Fish Fingerlings Production
2. Fish Feed Production
3. Aquarium production and maintenance
4. Fish pond construction technology
5. Executive fish breeding and entrepreneurship

Duration: Additional 1 month
Admission Requirement: Certificate in Fish Breeding Technology
Fees: N20,000.00
Venue: Calabar Training Campus

FACILITIES

The School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Processing Technology is made up of the following facilities:-
1. Administrative Building
2. Mini Library
3. Water Quality Control Laboratory
4. Student Hostel Block
5. Lecture Rooms
6. Refectory
7. Kitchen
8. Fish Feed Processing Mill
9. Hatchery Room
10. 30KVA Sound Proof Standby Generator
11. 2 Sets of Borehole (Solar and Electrical)
12. 15,000 Gallons overhead water reserved tank
13. 11,000 litres surface tank
14. Smoked fish processing plant
15. 20 Broodstock concrete ponds
16. 20 Fish Nursery Ponds
17. 20 Fish Rearing Ponds
18. 20 Fish Sorting Ponds
19. 20 Fish Marketing Ponds

TECHNOLOGY

Among others the school is endowed with the following technology:-
1. Flow through technology
2. Re-circulation system
3. Integrated fish farming and irrigation
4. Central and satellite farming
5. Intensive and semi-intensive system
6. Fish processing technology

ABOUT US
1. About Us Message: The School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Processing Technology is a vocational institution established to provide the basic educational knowledge and practical skills needed to take the development of fisheries and aquaculture technology to the next level in order to increase productivity to meet with the nutritional requirements of the growing population.

2. Our Vision: Is to take the development of fisheries production and aquaculture technology to the next level through research and innovation.

3. Our Mission: Is to become part of the success story of our clients by providing the necessary technological backing, technological transfer and technological package for the design, engineering, construction and operation of our client’s projects.

4. Our Believe: We believe in hardwork, innovation and productivity – so the saying; “if you give someone fish, you feed him for a day but if you teach him how to fish you feed him for life”.

5. Our Objectives: The school objectives are divided into two categories:
1. The Training Objectives:
(i) The training section when fully developed will be able to train over 600 prospective fish farmers annually.
(ii) Employment opportunities will be opened to qualified graduates in the area of fisheries and aquaculture.
(iii) The School will serve as a research centre for aquaculture development in Nigeria.
(iv) The School will affiliate with foreign institutions for exchange of information and research knowledge.
(v) Create awareness on fishery sector potentials.
(vi) Assist qualified students/farmers to access loan facilities from appropriate agencies.
2. The Production Objectives
(i) When fully developed, the production section of the school will be able to produce sufficient fingerlings for fish farmers in Cross River State and beyond.
(ii) Viable brood stocks will be made available for fish farmers and for practical purposes.
(iii) More than 20 tones of table sized fish will be bred and processed annually for local consumption.
(iv) Technical support will be given to small fish farm holdings in Niger Delta region, especially in Cross River State.
(v) Assist fish farmers to plan and set up their fish farming facilities.
(vi) Produce fish feeds from local raw materials for fish farmers at reduced rates.

SERVICES/PRODUCTS
1. The school is a profit making organization that charges fees for its products and professional services. The cost for the professional services is determined base on the agreed scope of work during the feasibility study and business plan stage while the cost for our products and educational services is determined by the quality of what we offer to satisfy our customers.

1a. Our professional services are listed below in order of their performance during the development of the client’s project.



Pre-decision Stage
1. Development of product concept
2. Site identification
3. Site inspection visit
4. Feasibility study and business plan

Construction Stage
5. Environmental Impact Assessment
6. Basic & Detailed Engineering of the Fish Farm
7. Basic and Detailed Engineering of the Processing Plant
8. Construction Supervision/Management
9. Equipment Specification and Procurement
10. High Performance Broodstock
11. Operating Manual for Fish Farm
12. Operating Manual for Processing Plant

Operation Stage
13. Long-term Technical Management
14. Start-up and Running of the Fish Farm
15. Staff Training
16. Technical Supervision
17. Trouble Shooting
18. Marketing Assistance

1b. List of our Products
1. Variety of fish fingerlings
2. High performance broodstock
3. Table sized fish
4. Processed fish and fish products
5. High quality fish feeds
6. Exotic aquarium and ornamental fishes
7. Mobile fish ponds and other fish farming facilities

ACADEMIC PROGRAM

1. Certificate Course in Fish Breeding Technology
1. Required Courses:
(1) Introduction to fish farming
(2) Introduction to fish biology and genetic
(3) Water quality management in fish farming
(4) Fish pond construction techniques and maintenance
(5) Fish fingerlings production
(6) Table sized fish production
(7) Fish feeds production
(8) Fish disease management
(9) Fish processing technology
(10) Aquarium production and maintenance
(11) Entrepreneurship

2. Duration: 1 months
3. Admission Requirement: SSCE, GCE, NECO etc
4. Fees: N20,000.00
5. Venue: Calabar Training Campus

2. Specialization in one of the following areas:
1. Fish Fingerlings Production
2. Fish Feed Production
3. Aquarium production and maintenance
4. Fish pond construction technology
5. Executive fish breeding and entrepreneurship

Duration: Additional 1 month
Admission Requirement: Certificate in Fish Breeding Technology
Fees: N20,000.00
Venue: Calabar Training Campus

FACILITIES

The School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Processing Technology is made up of the following facilities:-
1. Administrative Building
2. Mini Library
3. Water Quality Control Laboratory
4. Student Hostel Block
5. Lecture Rooms
6. Refectory
7. Kitchen
8. Fish Feed Processing Mill
9. Hatchery Room
10. 30KVA Sound Proof Standby Generator
11. 2 Sets of Borehole (Solar and Electrical)
12. 15,000 Gallons overhead water reserved tank
13. 11,000 litres surface tank
14. Smoked fish processing plant
15. 20 Broodstock concrete ponds
16. 20 Fish Nursery Ponds
17. 20 Fish Rearing Ponds
18. 20 Fish Sorting Ponds
19. 20 Fish Marketing Ponds

TECHNOLOGY

Among others the school is endowed with the following technology:-
1. Flow through technology
2. Re-circulation system
3. Integrated fish farming and irrigation
4. Central and satellite farming
5. Intensive and semi-intensive system
6. Fish processing technology

MANAGEMENT TEAM



CONTACT

1. Address: Main Campus
School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Processing Technology
No.1 Kaduna Estate, Estate, Esighi
Bakassi L.G.A.
Cross River State, Nigeria

Calabar Training Campus
School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Processing Technology
No.71 Egerton Street
Calabar, Cross River State
Nigeria

2. Phone: 08033363813, 07035690870

3. E-mail: [email protected]




PROPOSAL FOR FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE TRAINING AND EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME.

Referring to your Victory speech captured on CRBC news on the 31st day of March, 2015 which unveiled your intention to embark on Human Capacity Development Programs, we hereby introduce to your own aquaculture training and empowerment program which is in time with the Federal Government Economic Transformation Agenda adopted to address the recent economic challenge of the Nation that has emanated from our development on the oil sector.

Beside the current economic recession due to dwelling oil price, we went to point out here that it is high time for our political leaders with passion and integrity awake to the challenge of food security which is the phenomenon.

The need for Agricultural sector development cannot be over emphasized especially in an environment like ours which depends heavily on importation of food stuff despite our population strength.

We therefore use thus opportunity to encourage you as our intelligible leader to distinguish yourself by adopting strategies that will enhance Agricultural sector development in your constituency. One of such strategies should be based on your partnership with well-established institutions like ours to offer training and empowerment programs to youths in your constituency in order to increase food production and also minimize the problem of unemployment in the area.

Our business is a vocational institution established to provide the basic educational knowledge and practical skills needed to take the development of fisheries and aquaculture technology to the next level in order to increase productivity to meet with the nutritional requirement of the growing population.

One of our key activities is to partner with Government Agencies, organizations and individuals to offer training, set-up farms and provide services in order areas of youth empowerment programs with ultimate aim of boosting food production in the State and the Country at large. For instance, our partnership with CUSO International a Canadian organization established in Cross River State to train youths in the National resource sector has yielded tremendous result.

We therefore wish to introduce to you our training program which can adopt as a tool to train and empower the youths of your constituency as follows:

TRAINING DETAILS

1. Duration of training -------- 1 month

2. Cost of training -------- N 20,000

3. Location of training -------- School of Tropical Fish Breeding and Processing Technology – Calabar Training Campus, 71 Egerton Street Calabar.


4. Certificate offered ------ Certificate in Fish Breeding Technology

COST OF SETTING A FISH FARM FOR EACH

1. Average fish pond ______ N 50.000

2. A thousand fish fingerlings __________ N 25,000

3. Fish feed (Top feed) 50 bags x N42,00 _______N 210,000

4. Sorting/Harvesting nets ______________N 5,000

TOTAL-N290,000