Home operated fish farm can make money!

I have always been a supporter of small scale aquaculture farms used by family farmers to grow their own fresh fish for personal consumption or for sale. Fish farming can provide additional income to suplement that of an existing agriculture farm or it can be established as a Hobby Type part time business.

Fish farms have been established using ponds or with tank systems constructed in existing builings, such as empty barns or a gargae etc. Some have even been set up in basements. Here's a story about such operations being successfully set up and ran in the Fort Wayne area to create income.

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JENNI GLENN
The Journal Gazette

FORT WAYNE -- Plenty of country homeowners are looking for ways to make extra cash from their extra acres.

One answer could be to turn a pond or a spare barn into an aquaculture operation. It can take less than $10,000 to start raising fish on a small scale, and the payoff from a side business can add up to $10,000 to $20,000 a year, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service educators say."""


""Aquaculture businesses can be a variety of sizes, which makes the field a good fit for part-time farmers, said Gonzalee Martin, agriculture and natural resources educator at the Purdue University Extension service's Allen County office. Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility in central Indiana spent less than $10,000 to set up an aquaculture operation that raises 5,000 to 10,000 pounds of fish a year, he said.""

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If you are interested in learning more about Aquaculture I encourage you to check out the free information resources available at my website. The gateway page is linked here.

Commercial Freshwater Fishing

Commercial fishing is a valued industry in Manitoba. For over 100 years, Manitobans have been commercially harvesting fish. With over 100,000 lakes that cover approximately 17% of its surface area Manitoba has plenty of fish habitat.

The majority of commercial fish production comes from Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba however numerous other smaller lakes are also fished.

NorthAquaFarms.com just added a new page for Manitoba Commercial Fishing Information

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Information is presented on the history and nature of the fishery, along with references to fishing communities. Read about fishing methods including commercial fishing in winter.