A fish pond provides nutritious fish for the family. Before you start to think about how much fish your family needs to eat, whether you will also have extra fish to sell, where to sell your fish and whether you can sell them at a profit. Visit other people who are farming fish and find out what they think.

What you need to begin:

Making your pond
Preparing your pond
Managing your pond
Harvesting

This practical manual "Better management practices for seaweed farming" is produced by the Philippines national team under the ASEAN Foundation supported project "Strengthening capacity of small holder ASEAN aquaculture farmers for competitive and sustainable aquaculture" implemented by NACA in five ASEAN countries. The long-term objective of the project was to assist ASEAN small- scale aquaculture farmers improve their livelihoods by being competitive in markets and improving farm management practices to deliver quality and sustainably produced aquaculture products.

This manual is expected to assist small scale aqua-farmers in the region by providing guidelines to implement BMPs through a cluster/group management approach and access markets through participating in group certification programs of their choice. This can also be used by the field extension officers and certifiers who are directly involved in the process and other parties who are interested in being informed about the concepts and practice of aqua-farmer group formation, group functioning and certification.