SoCal Aquaponics - Commercial Aquaponics at it's best! Fresh Never Frozen
SoCal Aquaponics is a large-scale commercial producer of organically farm-raised fish and greenhouse vegetables located 60miles East of Los Angeles.
Our production facility uses an eco-friendly recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) to grow quality tilapia, shrimp and vegetables that will supply the local and foreign market with the much needed and wanted American Grown fish and vegetables.
Aquaculture of seafood products is the fastest growing segment of agriculture worldwide. Landings of seafood products from wild catch sources have dropped to its lowest volume in recorded history worldwide. Due to the loss of our nature supply of seafood, the need to replace this major food source through farming has never been greater.
SoCal Aquaponics intends to commercially produce and market wholesome seafood products, primarily shrimp, along with some fish (Tilapia and Barramundi) and organic vegetable crops utilizing the waste from the culture of the shrimp and fish.
Aquaponic systems vary in size from small indoor units to large commercial units. SoCal Aquaponics uses both fresh and salt water depending on the aquatic animal and vegetation (fresh or salt water).
At SoCal Aquaponics, plants are grown in a way (for example a hydroponic system) that enables them to utilize the nutrient-rich water. The plants uptake the nutrients, reducing or eliminating the water's toxicity for the aquatic animal.
Most green leafy vegetables grow well in the hydroponic filter. Although sometimes selected minerals or nutrients such as iron are added, the main source of nutrients for the plants is the fish waste.
RAS is the acronym for "Recirculating Aquaculture Systems". Recirculating Aquaculture Systems are designed to raise large quantities of fish in relatively small volumes of water by treating the water to remove toxic waste products and then reusing it. In the process of reusing the water many times, non-toxic nutrients and organic matter accumulate.
These metabolic by- products need not be wasted if they are channeled into secondary crops that have economic value or in some way benefit the primary production system. Systems that grow additional crops by utilizing by-products from the production of the primary species are referred to as integrated systems.
