With marine fish stocks depleting, the demand for sustainably produced and community based fish continues to rise. Globally, aquaculture is characterized by high investment, low employment and high technical skills and installations. The WorldFishCenter.org site informs readers: “Advances in these areas can pay huge dividends in reducing hunger and poverty because fish and other aquatic organisms are a major source of food and income for poor people in developing countries. Millions more can benefit from increased investment in fisheries and sustainable aquaculture to make this sector a more powerful engine for poverty reduction.”

The solution supports sustainable aquaculture, which creates benefits by saving resources. Furthermore, the Fish Farm can contribute to a balanced diet due to the high quality protein in fish. Due to the moderate price of the fish, it is an affordable alternative and healthy protein supply for the people. Generating income, the fish can be sold to restaurants and/or directly to the population at retail prices. Also, communities can play a part in the production of food for the fish (e.g. maggot farms, snail farms, algae farms), as well as, in the filleting and packaging services. Each Fish Farm can bring 1–5 people into economic productivity.

Costs:

 A price of 40,000-00 USD per fully-fitted containerised fish farm includes:

• Fish food for 6 months to first harvest

• 12m insulated high-cube shipping container

• Solar panels to enable the Fish Farm to run off-grid
• 1 week technical training and assistance with the set-up and commissioning of the Fish Farm

Further conditions:

• A minimum supply of reasonably clean water of 250 litres per day

• A level ground area for the placement of the container(s)