Comments on: How do I get markets to give me their left over fish? I recycle fish for gardening use? http://gardeningchannel.net/how-do-i-get-markets-to-give-me-their-left-over-fish-i-recycle-fish-for-gardening-use Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:33:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: shooter1 http://gardeningchannel.net/how-do-i-get-markets-to-give-me-their-left-over-fish-i-recycle-fish-for-gardening-use/comment-page-1#comment-1707 shooter1 Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:47:52 +0000 http://gardeningchannel.net/how-do-i-get-markets-to-give-me-their-left-over-fish-i-recycle-fish-for-gardening-use/472/#comment-1707 They probably will not give them to you. However, you can usually put in a bid for their scraps. The local fish markets where I live have a fertilizer company that pays about $100 per ton of waste and they pick it up once a week from each market. You probably wouldn't need a ton at a time so you may be able to work out a deal on smaller quantities, say a 5 gallon bucket for 3 or 4 dollars. You would probably need to provide your own buckets, too. Another option if you live near a lake is to set up a fish cleaning station near the boat ramp. You could charge a small fee, say .25 or .50 cents per pound and save the scraps yourself. Of course, you may have to buy a license to operate such a business. You would need to check with your local business license office and the lake or game warden to assure you are operating legally. Good luck and enjoy! They probably will not give them to you. However, you can usually put in a bid for their scraps. The local fish markets where I live have a fertilizer company that pays about $100 per ton of waste and they pick it up once a week from each market. You probably wouldn’t need a ton at a time so you may be able to work out a deal on smaller quantities, say a 5 gallon bucket for 3 or 4 dollars. You would probably need to provide your own buckets, too. Another option if you live near a lake is to set up a fish cleaning station near the boat ramp. You could charge a small fee, say .25 or .50 cents per pound and save the scraps yourself. Of course, you may have to buy a license to operate such a business. You would need to check with your local business license office and the lake or game warden to assure you are operating legally.

Good luck and enjoy!

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