Fish Farms :S

[buzzard_guts]

Just wondering if anyone had any idea how to go about getting information on fish farms, have had a brief look at the DPI site but didnt have a lot of luck, am mostly after information on what laws, regulations etc. are involved with it, also what sort of fish are more suited to being bred in large ponds etc.

Cheers

[nemo1981]

remember what i told you. :wink:

[dammwoman]

Have a list of regulations here somewhere but don't know where offhand
The biggest sticky point that we found here in Dayboro was our Council Zoning.  The Council will not affrove it unless you are zoned 'RURAL', we were 'RURAL PARKLAND' and hence couldn't get approval.
Other issues are how close you are to natural waterways, wether you have a flood issue and you're waste water disposal method. These were things we had to go to Local Council with.
The DPI part is generally common sense really.  No earth ponds,  All fish must be kept in an escape proof manner EG Elevated Plastic ponds or glass aquariums and be housed with appropiate roofing so as not to cause overflow in rain ect. You are also only allowed to breed fish on the current allowable import list and are subject to regular inspection.
I think we also had to pay for An Inviromental Impact Study to be carried out.
All in all it was going to be a very costly exercise as all the DPI issues have to be applied for and passed before you can even submit the thing to Council and then you are left to the hands of the council if you get you're final approval.
We came undone with the council zoning issue as even though we were on acerage and above flood level ect our zoning though close was not 'Rural.
It's really in nightmare and so we gave up on it and bought an already liceinced place in Cairns as you all know.
Other States may be more flexible but I doubt it simply due to the small number of registered ornamental fish farms.
Barra and Red Claw Farms have far less red tape as they are native fish.
Good luck....Linda

[gasnitro]

if you are talking Australian native fish the you cannot bread in dams that are not natural to your area. i will get some contact details for the  Australian Aquaculture industry later on today

[gasnitro]

try this web site.
www.aaq.com.au