Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Hi All,
Have just been on the wa fisheries site in regard to license requirements for backyard setups, couldn’t find any info at all, do I take it there are no licensing requirements for hobby systems?
Cheers

I think if you dont plan to sell any of your fish a license is not required. You were interested in growing Rainbow Trout were you not? You definately dont need a license to grow them on.

Yes I would like to give them a go, i have caught them from a trout farm down south and they were living in pee soup water there, however they dont like high temps do they? and do you know where to buy them?
Cheers

Your best bet for growing trout on would be to purchase them in say April. They are around 9 months old then and usually cost $1.10 each from any of the hatcheries down Pemberton way. By getting them in April you should have water temps cool enough to grow them on until about November by which time they should be 12 - 14 inches and just perfect for eating.

Great info thanks, we ate them from Pemberton trout farm ones we caught, wrapped in alfoil with butter salt & pepper dill and lemon on the barbie..................Excellent eating

this is something we have looked at before too.. out of all our web surfing, phone calls and reading we came up with that you do not need one for a backyard system - BUT - only if you intend to grow/produce for yourself. If you intend to sell any of the FISH you need a license - not all of us have proprly researched the vegetable side of things (RE selling)
DPI&F were clear on the fish side of things though!