vocate backyard aquaculture as a 

 money-making venture. We don't sell 

 equipment, only ideas. We'll tell you 

 how to build and maintain an 

 aquaculture system as inexpensively as 

 we know how, using readily available 

 materials. And we're always looking 

 for ways to make backyard, small- 

 scale aquaculture easier and less ex- 

 pensive. We believe fish is a good 



source of protein that people don't eat 

 enough of. We believe more people 

 would eat fish if they grew their own, 

 and it would be a better-quality, 

 fresher fish." 



While Van Gorder maintains you 

 can raise fish for less than what it costs 

 in the grocery store, other scientists 

 are not so optimistic about the balance 

 of costs and benefits in backyard 



aquaculture. They stress that small- 

 scale projects should be approached 

 strictly as a hobby, and they warn of 

 get-rich-quick schemes that make 

 aquaculture seem too simple or more 

 lucrative than it is. 



To beginners, their advice is often, 

 "Start small, and don't expect to get a 

 lot without some effort." 



—Kathy Hart 



For more information 



If you'd like to know more about small-scale 

 aquaculture, the following list of organizations and 

 publications could help you get started. 



Organizations 



Rodale Research Center (Publications available) 

 RFD 1 



Kutztown, PA 19530 



The New Alchemy Institute (Publications available) 



P. O. Box 432 



Woods Hole, MA 02543 



The Ark Project 

 Institute of Man and Resources 

 Souris, Prince Edward Island 

 Canada, COA 2BO 



Cate Farm (Publications available) 

 Goddard College 

 Plainfield, VT 05667 



Foundation for Self-Sufficiency Inc. (Publications 



available) 



35 Maple Avenue 



Catonsville, MD 21228 



NCSU Aquaculture Demonstration Project 

 Rt. 2, Box 305 

 Aurora, NC 27806 



Old Dominion University 

 Dept. of Oceanography 

 Norfolk, VA 23508 



Soil Conservation Service (Publications available) 

 One in each county 



Publications 



Backyard Fish Farming and Small Scale 

 Aquaculture, Keeton Fisheries Consultants, Inc., 2809 

 Dean Drive, Ft. Collins, CO 80521 



Fish Farming in Your Solar Greenhouse, William 

 Head and Jon Splane. Amity Foundation, P.O. Box 

 7066, Eugene, OR 97401. 



Fish Farming Handbook: Food, Bait, Tropicals 

 and Goldfish, E. Evan Brown and John B. Gratzek. 

 AVI Publishing Company, Inc., Westport, CT. 



Principles of Warmwater Aquaculture, Robert R. 

 Stickney. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 1979. 

 ($22.50) 



Raising Fresh Fish in Your Home Waters, Brenda 

 Bortz, Jack Ruttle, Marc Podems and Getting Food 

 From Water: A Guide to Backyard Aquaculture, 

 Gene Logsdon. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 18049. 



Small-Scale Fish Culture Systems, Steven Van Gor- 

 der. Rodale Research Report 80-12. Rodale Research 

 Center, RFD 1, Kutztown, PA 19530. 



Small-Scale Culture of Fish in Cages, Douglas 

 Strange and Steven Van Gorder. Rodale Research 

 Report 80-17. All available from: Rodale Research Cen- 

 ter, RFD 1, Kutztown, PA 19530. 



Techniques for Small-Scale Spawning and Rearing 

 of Channel Catfish, Douglas J. Strange. Rodale 

 Research Report 80-16. Rodale Research Center, RFD 1, 

 Kutztown, PA 19530. 



Newsletters 



Network, Steven Van Gorder and Douglas Strange 

 (editors), Rodale Research Inc., 33 East Minor Street, 

 Emmaus, PA 18049. $15 per year. 



Magazines 



"Aquaculture Magazine" (Includes annual buyers 

 guide listing goods, supplies, and services). Published 

 bimonthly, $14 per year. Subscription Dept., P.O. Box 

 2451, Little Rock, AR 72203. 



"Aquaculture Digest." Published monthly, $24.00 per 

 year. 9434 Kearny Mesa Road, San Diego, CA 92126. 



"Progressive Fish Culturist." Published Quarterly, 

 $7.50 per year. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 

 Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. 



"Farm Pond Harvest." Published quarterly, $4.00 per 

 year. P.O. Box AA, Momence, IL 60954. 



"Fish Farming International." Published quarterly, 

 $25.00 per year. Arthur J. Heighway Publications, Ltd., 

 Heighway House, 87 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 

 8HB. 



