Thinking of Starting your Own Business?

Aquaculture does offer good potential for financial returns, it can be a rewarding business and one you can be be proud of. Like any other idea, your business size and scope has to suit you and your resources, to have the best chance for success. Always do your homework first and plan your business, then work your plan.

Aqua Farming can be undertaken on a full time or part time basis. Many successful individual farmers started farming fish on a part time basis and gradually developed full time commercial scale farms after gaining experience and developing resources. Starting a hobby aqua farm is a great way to gain experience and to determine if aquaculture is indeed a business/career choice you wish to make.

Small scale aquaculture requires considerable less investment than a full commercial operation diminishing your financial risks during the development and learning stages. Unless you have good training, farm management experience and strong cash reserves, look closely at starting small and testing the waters first.

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Aqua Farming Information Tour

Recently Updated: A series of arcticles about aqua farming linked together in a page tour format. The tour covers topics relating to Aquaculture, industry history, farmed species, sustainable methods, design technologies and other subjects.

I have been asked many times, the question What Is Aquaculture? I am often tempted to answer "It means farming fish" that answer wouldn't be wrong, but it isn't totally right either. You can't really give a just description of a diverse industry with a short sentence answer. Perhaps the following will better serve as a description of the industry.

Aqua Farming Information Tour