Number Three: Dig some Fish

3. While still on the subject of stewardship and husbandry, I will see that 2010 is the year that I finally get involved in some type of urban aquaculture whether it be with tilapia or yellow perch. The chief challenge will be to find some suitable land since I don't think my better half is willing to yeild part of our back yard to a tilapia pond. It's taken some time to convince her the bee hives will be a welcome addition to her garden. The beauty of a small scale aquaculture project is that with some thought and effort one can work in hydroponics too. I have friends at a lab who are "tricking" yellow perch into multiple spawning cycles so that there is always a new batch of fry in the offing. As world fisheries are collapsing all around us, and if the boys at Halfpast Human are correct about even worse collapses happening in the future, we all might want to think about investing in a fish pond out back. This could be a profit center as well. I've talked to owners of Asian groceries in the area and all would be happy to buy a fresh fish
The Yellow Perch farm will be a little trickier and more costly, but with lake contaminants on the increase,a farm raised perch is much healthier and since I live in a city that has a friday night fish fry on almost every corner, there will always be a demand for fresh perch.