Global aquaculture has grown considerably and contributing significant
quantities to the world’s supply of fish for human consumption and it has shown
to be an attractive option for enhancing the fish production in the world. It is the
fastest growing, animal based food production sector with 73.8 million tonnes of
production in 2014. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
(FAO) define aquaculture as it is the farming of aquatic organisms including fish,
molluscs, crustaceans and aquatic plants. Farming implies some sort of
intervention in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular
stocking, feeding, protection from predators, etc. It is a diverse sector, which
employs different strategies for fish production. There are two major strategies are
followed in the sector including hatchery based aquaculture (HBA) and capture
based aquaculture (CBA). The HBA allows the commercial and viable production
for number of organisms through the management of their entire life cycles
