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- Toronto
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- Urban ag, aquaponics, hormone free tilapia, organic, local food
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- I am Director of Operations at Noa Fisheries. We host aquaponics workshops and are coming to BC www.noafisheries.ca
- What would you like to see improved in Vancouver or in your community regarding sustainability or resiliency? Do you have an idea for a new Transition project or activity?
- We are working towards changing the commercial tilapia industry to hormone free. We carry a strain of tilapia that are all male tilapia that are hormone and GMO free. They are sex reversed using temperature shock. We also provide professional aquaponics training taught by experts to help people get off the right start.
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Tamar Oziel's Blog
How to save your fish during a black out in a temperate climate
Posted on January 5, 2014 at 5:41am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Well I hate to be annoying and tell you what you already know, but it is much easier to be prepared ahead of time. If you didn’t think of it, hopefully these tips will help.
Stop feeding
The first rule with fish. If you have a problem of any kind, stop feeding your fish until the problem is resolved. This may seem cruel but its not. Fish are cold blooded and do not need to eat everyday. They can go without food for even a month.
Humans are warm blooded and most of the…
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