Fish Ponds

With my move to Chipata on the horizon, I am researching multiple venues to find a way to bring some sort of self-sustainability to the proposed mission station in the Eastern Province. One such idea that seems to truly have potential is fish ponds. When most thing of fish, they think of poles and hooks - this is completely different - the idea is to bring fishlings to full maturity and sell to a ready market.
This last Thursday, I spent the day speaking to local government fish agencies and accumulating pertinent information. Although the initial capital investment appears to be significant, the long term pay off and maintenance costs are quite positive making this project something likely we will pursue. The Lord even brought a commercial fish farmer into my path on Thursday, allowing me the opportunity to speak and question the profitability and success he has had over the years. I am hoping to visit his fish farm in the near future to get a realistic idea of how it all works - but, right now - I remain quite excited at the potential this project has. This project is not intended to just bring in profit, but to produce enough revenue that the ministry in the Eastern Province will develop and continue forward without the need of foreign investment.