Production de tilapia marin en circuit ferme en eau verte: le Système Aquacole à Recyclage Integral (SARI).
Abstract The Integral Recycling Aquaculture System (SARI) is an artificial ecosystem that combines closed-circuit farming of marine tilapia Sarotherodon melanotheron heudelotii with plankton lagooning in brackish water. Compared to conventional closed circuits in clear water, it provides significant advantages in terms of fresh water and energy savings, as well as in terms of health by limiting the introduction of pathogens. A prototype of the SARI located at the IRD Center in Mbour, Senegal, has made it possible to study the functioning of this breeding system. The tilapia S. m. heudelotii, when raised in intensive or semi-intensive mode, promotes the production of the green algae Chlorella sp. which purifies the environment of nitrogenous waste produced by fish. The algal population is regulated by the production of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis, which itself serves as a complementary feed for the fry in rearing.