Commercial tilapia — West Africa in Ghana.
For commercial operators, integrators, developers and institutional projects — not backyard farming. Plan the nile tilapia project first, then source equipment and financing with the numbers already in hand.
- Lake cages
- Intensive ponds
- Fingerling supply
- Feed
- Aeration and pumps
- Financing
Indicative project plan
A 750 t/year nile tilapia project in cage / offshore cage (Ghana) needs roughly 15,571 m³, 1,200 t of feed per year, 0 kW of aeration and an indicative CAPEX of €3.00M – €8.25M.
Figures shown in EUR, converted from EUR at indicative planning rates.
Production & infrastructure
- Cycles per year
- 1.7
- Harvest per cycle
- 452.1 t
- Standing biomass
- 280.3 t
- Juveniles / PL per year
- 1.26 million
- System volume
- 15,571 m³
- Number of cages
- 4 × 4,000 m³
- Stocking density
- 48.8 animals/m³
Water, oxygen & energy
- Water exchange / make-up
- 0 m³/d
- Annual water requirement
- 0 m³
- Pump flow
- 0 m³/h (0 pumps incl. standby)
- Oxygen demand
- 822 kg O₂/d
- Installed aeration
- 0 kW (≈ 0 units)
- Peak electrical load
- 8 kW
- Annual energy
- 42,705 kWh
- Backup generator (critical loads)
- 0 kVA
Feed
- Feed per year
- 1,200 t
- Feed per day (average)
- 3.29 t
- Feed storage (14 days)
- 46 t
- Annual feed cost
- €1.02M
- Automatic feeding justified?
- Yes — likely commercially justified
Economics (base)
- Indicative CAPEX
- €3.00M – €8.25M
- Annual OPEX
- €1.53M
- — feed
- €1.02M
- — juveniles / PL
- €57k
- — energy
- €4k
- Annual revenue
- €1.95M
- Operating contribution
- €419k
- Indicative payback
- 13.4 years
- Return on CAPEX
- 7% / year
Oxygen is worked out from daily feed: about 0.25 kg O₂ per kg feed — Timmons & Ebeling, Recirculating Aquaculture Systems, NRAC Publication 01-002 (2002). Species FCR, survival, cycle length, prices, stocking density and build costs shown before you type are examples only, not published figures — replace them with your supplier quotes and your own records.
Equipment scope this project actually needs
- Oxygen generation or LOX
- Cages, nets and moorings
- Feed barge / service craft
- Automatic feeding system
- Feed storage (silos / warehouse)
- Water quality monitoring & alarms
- Solar for auxiliary loads
- • At this density a power or oxygen failure can cause total livestock loss within hours — full redundancy is mandatory.
- • Cage feasibility depends on depth, currents, exposure and access — a professional site assessment is required.
Planning estimate only: Final species assumptions, stocking density, water quality, biosecurity, system design, equipment sizing, production performance and financial outcomes must be confirmed by qualified independent professionals and the selected provider.
Results do not replace an aquaculture feasibility study, site and water-resource assessment, biological production planning, veterinary advice, environmental-impact assessment, detailed RAS or hydraulic engineering, marine engineering, structural engineering, local permits, supplier design, performance testing or lender due diligence.
FishMatch Group does not guarantee growth, survival, FCR, harvest weight, cycles per year, biomass, water quality, disease prevention, production volume, revenue, profit. Outputs are not legal, financial, engineering, tax or veterinary advice. Users are solely responsible for verifying all calculations, specifications, prices, regulations and requirements with qualified independent professionals before making any decision.
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Budget model
CAPEX, OPEX & ROI calculator — Ghana
Indicative capital and operating budget for a commercial project in Ghana, sized with the same engineering assumptions as the planner above. Ranges only — engineered quotations follow the RFQ.
Indicative CAPEX
€4.00M – €11.00M
Mid €7.50M · excludes land
Annual OPEX
€2.04M
€2k per tonne
Simple payback
13.4 yrs
Contribution €559k/yr
Return on CAPEX
7.4%/yr
Revenue €2.60M/yr
| OPEX line | Per year | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Feed | €1.36M | 66.6% |
| Juveniles / post-larvae | €76k | 3.7% |
| Energy | €6k | 0.3% |
| Labour, health, maintenance, other | €600k | 29.4% |
| Total OPEX | €2.04M | 100% |
- • At this density a power or oxygen failure can cause total livestock loss within hours — full redundancy is mandatory.
- • Cage feasibility depends on depth, currents, exposure and access — a professional site assessment is required.
Planning ranges derived from published equipment, feed and energy benchmarks for Ghana. They are not a guarantee of biological or financial performance, and FishMatch Group is not a lender.
Ghana planning questions
Frequently asked questions
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