freshwater fish farming
How to choose a place, dig a pond, fill it, stock it and feed the fish.
set III · FAO 1979 · 52 pages
A5 · perfect bound · 80 gsm cream · matt cover
printed to order in England · ships in 3–5 days
How to begin
How to choose a place, dig a pond, fill it, stock it and feed the fish. The first of FAO's fish-farming booklets and still the clearest introduction to the idea that you can grow protein in a hole in the ground.
Better Farming Series No. 27 · Written and illustrated at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, and first published 1979.
This edition
- Facsimile of the original 52 pages, cleaned and straightened, with a new foreword and a rights page
- A5 (148 × 210 mm), perfect bound with a square spine
- Printed to order in England on 80 gsm uncoated cream paper, with a heavy matt-laminated card cover
- Set III · Water — colour-coded on the cover and spine so a set reads as a set on the shelf
Reproduced under licence from FAO. This is not an official FAO publication and FAO does not endorse it. The guidance inside reflects practice at the date of first publication; check current local advice before acting on it. The original scan is available free from the FAO Knowledge Repository.
