The Costly Lesson of Leaving My Fish Farm Unsupervised

Abayomi loved fish farming and set up ponds stocked with fingerlings. He hired an attendant to manage daily tasks while he traveled for work. Occasional calls and reports were meant to keep him in the loop. Without regular oversight, feed was mismanaged—sometimes thrown in excess, other times running out. Some feed vanished, water quality declined and fish growth suffered. Small losses went unnoticed until they piled up into hundreds of missing fish. When harvest came, costs had soared and yields fell far short of projections. Abayomi learned that no report can replace hands-on supervision. Fish farming demands active ownership. Before you invest, ask yourself if you can spend enough time on the farm, because sometimes the biggest mistake is handing it all over to someone else.

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