ABSTRACT
The harvesting of wild individuals, either as broodstock whose eggs will hatch and develop under culture in ponds or cages, or as early life-history stages for on-growing under confined and controlled conditions is one of the strategies. Cage aquaculture is practiced in many part of the world and capture based aquaculture in cages is also popular. One of the species selected for capture based aquaculture was red snapper Lutjanus argentimaculatus. Thus, small sized red snappers which are of low value were used for cage culture. Feed used in the cages was trash fish (available in the locality), and the feeding quantity was in line with the body weight. The number of cages should be according to the carrying capacity of the water body and if the number of cages exceeds its carrying capacity, it will effect fish growth and survival.
