Many countries are trying to minimize the impact of large domestic animals in the environment and provide healthy protein to their constituents. Small fish ponds are an effective way to achieve this goal.

Participants, who choose this elective, will be trained to:

• Plan and layout a fish pond
• Estimate annual production
• Estimate annual gross sales potential
• Estimate annual operating costs
• Utilize best practices for pond management, feeding, schedules and food harvesting techniques as well as restocking procedures
• Clean and package fish for market
• Effectively market their product