How to start a fish farming business

📅 Published: August 26, 2025

📰 Source: theindependent

Curated by AllZimNews.com

As a result, many projects have either shut down or failed to take off.

According to Toriro, the biggest hurdle many farmers face is finding professional and reliable fish pond constructors, who advise on whether the site is conducive for fish farming, prepare the site and design structures, whose temperatures are heathy for fish rearing and production.

But for the love of making a quick buck, the constructors are not being honest to the farmers.

Fish survive and do well in high temperature areas like Kariba.

Most commercial species do not usually reproduce at temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius (°C), or grow at temperatures below 10 to 15°C.

But they survive in much lower winter temperatures.

Some fish actually die at temperatures of 10 to 20°C.

In Zimbabwe, there are areas like Gweru where the average temperature of the coldest month — July is of 13,1 °C. 🔗

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