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Citation

Bostock J, Kaminski A, Pounds A, Newton R, Ngyuyen T & Little D (2025) Tilapia Cage Farm Production Strategy Explorer Spreadsheet. Feldman Z (Editor), Fitzsimmons K (Editor) & Krishna Das S (Editor) 5th INFOFISH World Tilapia Trade and Technical Conference & Exhibition In collaboration with 13th International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Bangkok, Thailand, 03.11.2025-05.11.2025.

Abstract
The 爆料吃瓜网 partnered with Nutreco and Victory Farms in Kenya to assess the impacts of shortening the commercial production cycle of a local strain of caged tilapia to produce higher yields of small-sized fish (200g vs. 400g fish), thus improving feed efficiency, eliminating costly mono-sex technology, and enhancing cash flow. Complementary market research found a large and under-served rural demand for 200g fish (Kaminski et. al., 2024). To help producers and others explore the production and financial trade-offs, a spreadsheet tool was developed to simulate different cage-based production strategies for tilapia, especially those targeting smaller fish for cost-sensitive consumers. The tool projects growth, output, size, and feed use, letting users enter specific costs and prices to estimate financial returns. Up to four scenarios can be tailored, compared, and combined-including options for partial harvests-to help optimise an overall production strategy for their circumstances. Besides aiding financial planning, the spreadsheet acts as an educational resource on cage farming management. While its modelling cannot be taken as a reliable predictor of actual performance, its adjustable parameters make it useful for understanding trade-offs and stimulating further experimentation.

Keywords
tilapia, aquaculture, cages, model