Solar Energy Helps To Breed Fish In Captivity

With 100 thousand pesos from Semarnat resources, fishers of Alvarado, Veracruz, have installed photo solar cells that generate electricity to activate pumps that oxygenate the water where they breed fish in captivity.

The resources were used for the purchase and installation of 4 solar panels that produce 174 amps per day. These resources were managed with support from the Universidad Veracruzana, which has been advising and supporting fisherwomen for 6 years upon the Semarnat (Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources).

“With the electricity generated they can pump the water in the spring and summer season to raise their levels of oxygen, because that is the only way fish will survive,” said White Cortina July, the Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas (IIB) of UV, advisor of the fisherwomen for 10 years.

The photovoltaic solar panels installed in a stand built by the locals, serves to guard the areas of captive fish. Where now they can have electric light in the booth to complement the operation of the pumps.

Fisherwomen benefited from these modules, participated in a training course to learn how to operate and care for it, besides the advantages of using these technologies.