Please I want to start catfish smoking business. I need proper training and expert advise on the business. Is it profitable? how much is the cost of 1kg fish now and what is the likely profit margin? What is the best way to dry it and how much do I need to commence with? pls help with information. my contact is 08025669642 or integrityfood@gmail.com

Pls all cat fish farmers in the house, am serious, pls help with vital infor on this topic. How do I start cat fish smoking business? I also need fresh fist. thanks

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most definately, far better than selling it fresh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dapix: most definately, far better than selling it fresh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there market for it? any help pls??

There are steady markets for smoked fish..

My major concern is the large market for the smoked fish.
I want to do it big time. I can be smoking up to 1000 fishes monthly.

I am interested in knowing more about this business

integrityfood: Please I want to start catfish smoking business. I need proper training and expert advise on the business. Is it profitable? how much is the cost of 1kg fish now and what is the likely profit margin? What is the best way to dry it and how much do I need to commence with? pls help with information. my contact is 08025669642 or integrityfood@gmail.com
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Get yourself trained by someone who is into the business and making money from it.This will make you understand the intricacies of the business. The training is highly important ,please don't be deceived.

I once opened a thread for this. The following is what I posted:

In summary, it involves buying catfish,
processing and smoke drying it, packaging it in a branded polythene pack, and distributing it to supermarkets, retail outlets and the likes.

You will need a fish smoke/drying machine for this purpose. You can get a good one capable of drying 200 fishes per batch for N300,000.

To make your product more presentable, you will need a nafdac approval which is about N(30 to 50),000.

A kilogram of catfish at farms is about N600. It will cost you less than N100 to process and package it. You can sell it to supermarkets at N900 who in turn sell it to dia customers at N1,000.

In summary, u will be making an average of
N150 profit per fish. Assuming you process and sell 400 fish per week, you will be making an average of N240, 000 per month.

If you have a place to use as your factory or a compound to construct a shed for your
machine, you can start the business with about N500,000. This will get you a nafdac reg, a business name reg, smoking and sealing machine, and more than 100 catfish.
Note: Supermarkets will not pay you
immediately initially. You have to drop d
products and collect your money whenever its sold. But when your product becomes hotcake, they can even pay u in advance to supply them.

Their is a huge market for hygienically smoked fish abroad, but you can hardly meet the market demand in the country talk less of exporting.

Questions wia asked, and answers wia provided. You can visit the thread hia www.nairaland.com/1788936/short-report-how-start-cat-fish#24341641

If am to start the business how many fishes will I get from 30kg. Here in warri a kg of fish is 1200 and so if I buy 30kg how many fishes per piece will I get from it.