Local fish farm to net global market

UNDER the unforgiving sun, fish with black, glistening scales splash about the ocean surface eagerly - it is feeding time.

A boat stops at each of the 18 cages at the sprawling farm to feed the 500,000-odd hungry barramundi fish with fishmeal pellets. A diver, tasked with monitoring fish health, surfaces from one of the ocean enclosures.

As Singapore's largest fish farm, Barramundi Asia has 500 tonnes of barramundi fish, and its biomass is growing at a compounded rate of 11 per cent every month. Its current 7.5 hectare farm site is located off Pulau Semakau, and a second 12 hectare site will be ready in the next two years.