Home Fish Farming

You are sure to make big profits while you engage in fish farming because of the amazing fish farming facts presented below. Though there is a mixed opinion about the problems faced in backyard fish farming, the margin of profit no doubt remains unwavering.

Let's have an overview of the fish farming techniques and a bit about how to start fish farming at home, following this section of interesting fish farming facts below.

Facts on Fish Farming

Fish farming is not only giving a considerable rise in the employment sector but aquaculture altogether is expected to be doubled by the year 2030. (United Nations)

Fish farming or aquaculture is here to stay because the reason behind this surge and expected growth is due to the increasing population worldwide and this is an assurance enough for starting home fish farming and making fat profits out of it.

Fish farming is the highest most sector in the graph of food production followed by fishing, i.e. catching fish. It was a whopping 47% in the 2006.

Salmon are very high maintenance fish as they require around twice to five times as much food in proportion to their own weight.

This one fact is not quite impressive though very important. Where fish farming is done on a considerably big scale, they tend to over populate and over breed the fish in a very congested and small place as compared to the number of fish.

This over-crowdedness results in pollution as meticulous cleaning cannot possibly happen and since fish consume their food in the same polluted water of the fish tanks, chances of falling ill is high which in turn is bad for us humans who consume them. The vicious circle does not stop here. For treating the pollution and the sick fish, the water is further pumped in with purifying chemicals, and antibiotics and vaccines for the fish, respectively. As a result, government-banned chemicals are used. In spite of being banned, and the lack of security and quality checks, these fish travel all the way happily to our stomach.

If the fish from the fisheries escape, obviously the result is not just the loss incurred by the aquaculture farmers but it contributes negatively to the ecosystem.

Amongst the most destructive types of fish farming is growing shrimp. One of the reasons is it increases the salinity of the soil. The trend of farmers of changing the areas of farming frequently leaves the area unused and unfit for agricultural purposes thereafter.

Each American eats around 17 pounds of fish on an average closely followed by the Chinese and Japanese.

Oysters and Mussels are the easiest for home fish farming because of two main things. Firstly, they are not very mobile which makes them very easy to handle and maintain. Secondly, they filter the tank water which makes them environment friendly too.

For beginners, tilapia farming is the best as these fish are the most environment friendly to farm. Not only this, tilapia is not a carnivorous fish and being a vegetarian fish (herbivore) this home fish farming is likely to incur very less expenditure on trying to research and identify what do fish eat, hence the benefit of keeping this species of fish.

Another reason for people choosing the tilapia for farming is that it can be farmed in tanks, like shown above in the picture rather than pools. Catfish, Carp, Cod and Salmon are some of the other common fish that are farmed.

An important tip for backyard fish farming is that before you start with acquiring the fish and tanks, etc. you should take care of the water purification and sewage management process. Do a little research on the different ways of fish farming and the fish farming techniques, for example, cages, recirculating, raceways, etc., that suits your budget as well as convenience.

Also think beforehand about the small fry... What to do with it? Where to keep them? Their food, maintenance, the temperature control, the equipment and machines required for the same, etc. Consider the purification materials too that would be required for the same purpose. Follow the rules and regulations of your area, state, whichever is applicable depending upon the size of your home fish farming.