Catfish Publications

Ictalurid Catfishes

Production and Economics - Feeds and Feeding - Broodfish, Hatchery Management and Genetics - Harvesting, Holding and Transport - Diseases and Treatments - Off-flavor, Processing and Marketing - Miscellaneous

Clarias Catfishes

Pangasius Catfishes

Production and Economics

Annual Costs and Returns of Raising Bighead Carp in Commercial Catfish Ponds

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Arkansas Catfish Lease Agreement

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Catfish Farmer's Handbook

Mississippi State University

Catfish Farming in Kentucky

Kentucky State University

Catfish Farming, is it for you?

Auburn University

Channel Catfish Life History and Biology

SRAC 180

Channel Catfish Produced in Kansas Ponds for Profit and Pleasure

Kansas State University

Channel Catfish Production in Ponds

Auburn University

Costs and Returns of Catfish Pond Production in the Mississippi Black Belt Area

Mississippi State University

Costs of Small-Scale Catfish Production

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Developing Business Proposals for Aquaculture Loans

SRAC 381

Economics of Catfish Production in Non-Delta Areas in Mississippi

Mississippi State University

Example of Financial Ratios for Catfish Farmers

Mississippi State University

Farm-raised Channel Catfish

University of Florida

Highlights of NAHMS Catfish Part I( 2003 )

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Highlights of NAHMS Catfish Part II ( 2003 )

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Introduction to Financial Statements and Ratios

Mississippi State University

Inventory Assessment Methods for Aquaculture Ponds

SRAC 395

Part I: Reference of 1996 U.S. Catfish Health & Production Practices

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Part II: Reference of 1996 U.S. Catfish Management Practices

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Part I: Reference of Fingerling Catfish Health and Production Practices in the United States, 2003

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Part II: Reference of Foodsize Catfish Health and Production Practices in the United States, 2003 - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS

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Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Partial Budgeting as a Decision-Making Tool for Catfish Producers

Mississippi State University

Small Scale Catfish Production: Introduction

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Small Scale Catfish Production: Using Existing Farm Ponds

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Texas Catfish Production in Ponds

Texas Cooperative Extension, Texas A&M University

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Feeds and Feeding


A Practical Guide to Nutrition, Feeds & Feeding Catfish

Mississippi State University

Catfish Nutrition: Feeding Food Fish

Mississippi State University

Catfish Nutrition: Feeds

Mississippi State University

Catfish Nutrition: Nutrient Requirements

Mississippi State University

Catfish Protein Nutrition

Mississippi State University

Catfish Vitamin Nutrition

Mississippi State University

Channel Catfish: Dietary Effects on Body Composition and Storage Quality

SRAC 186

Channel Catfish Production: Impacts of Diet Composition and Feeding Practices

SRAC 187

Effects of Nutrition on Body Composition and Subsequent Storage Quality of Farm-raised Channel Catfish

SRAC 6000

Feeding Catfish in Commercial Ponds

SRAC 181

Refinement of Vitamin Supplementation in Diets for Channel Catfish

SRAC 188

Restricted Feeding Regimes Increase Production Efficiency in Channel Catfish

SRAC 189

Winter Feeding Channel Catfish

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

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Broodfish, Hatchery Management and Genetics


Channel Catfish Broodfish and Hatchery Management

SRAC 1803

Channel Catfish Broodfish Management

SRAC 1802

Channel Catfish Brood Stock - Selection & Management

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Design and Construction of Degassing Units for Catfish Hatcheries

SRAC 191

Fry Pond Preparation for Rearing Channel Catfish

Mississippi State University

Fry Stocking Rates for the Production of Channel Catfish Fingerlings

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Incubating and Hatching Catfish Eggs in McDonald Jars Auburn University

Length-Weight Relationship for Channel Catfish Fingerlings

Mississippi State University

Managing Hatch Rate and Diseases in Catfish Eggs

SRAC 1804

Pond Preparation for spawning Channel Catfish

Mississippi State University

Practical Channel Catfish Brood Stock-Selection and Management Auburn University

Production of Hybrid Catfish

SRAC 190

Producing Hybrid Catfish Fry MS State University-USDA-ARS

Spawning Jars for Hatching Catfish

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Water Quantity and Quality Requirements for Channel Catfish Hatcheries

SRAC 461

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Harvesting, Holding and Transport


Advances in Catfish Harvesting Gear: Seines and Live Cars

SRAC 1805

Anesthetics in Aquaculture

SRAC 3900

Catfish: Harvesting

Mississippi State University

Components and Use of an In-Pond Fish Grading system

SRAC 3901

Harvesting Warmwater Fish

SRAC 394

Pure Oxygen and Live Fish Transport

Kentucky State University

Small Scale Catfish Production: Holding Fish For Sale

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Sorting and Grading Warmwater Fish

SRAC - 391

Transporting Channel Catfish Fry and Fingerlings in Plastic Bags

Kentucky State University

Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Equipment and Guidelines

SRAC 390

Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Procedures and Loading Rates

SRAC 392

Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Loading Rates and Tips by Species

SRAC 393

Using Salt to Transport Live Fish

Kentucky State University

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Diseases and Treatments

Aeromonas Bacterial Infections

SRAC 478

Aeromonas Infections

University of Florida

Annual Fish Disease Report ( 2001 - 2006 )

Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center

Brown Blood Disease in Catfish

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Brown Blood Disease

Mississippi State University

Calculating Treatments for Ponds and Tanks

SRAC 410

Channel Catfish Virus Disease

SRAC 4702

Columnaris Disease

SRAC 479

Disease Prevention on Fish Farms

SRAC 4703

Drugs Used in the US Aquaculture Industry

National Aquaculture Association

Enteric Septicemia of Catfish

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

ESC - Enteric Septicemia of Catfish

SRAC 477

ESC and Vaccination Practices

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

FDA Approves New Antimicrobial for Catfish

FDA ( 2005 )

Ich ( White Spot Disease )

SRAC 476

Impact of Diuron Usage on the Mississippi Catfish Industry

Mississippi State University

Infestations of the Trematode, Bolbophorus sp., in Channel Catfish

SRAC 1801

List of Approved Therapeutics for Food Fish

FDA ( 2007 )

List of Unapproved Therapeutics of Low Regulatory Priority for Food Fish

FDA ( 2004 )

Medicated Feed for Food Fish

SRAC 473

Proliferative Gill Disease ( Hamburger Gill )

SRAC 475

Proliferative Gill Disease of Catfish

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Protozoan Parasites

SRAC 4701

Saprolegniasis ( Winter Fungus ) of Commercially Cultured Channel Catfish

SRAC 4700

Selecting and Shipping Samples to Help Determine Cause of Fish Kills

Mississippi State University

The Role of Stress in Fish Disease

SRAC 474

Trematodes on U.S. Catfish Operations

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

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Off-flavor, Processing and Marketing


Channel Catfish: Dietary Effects on Body Composition and Storage Quality

SRAC 186

Developing a HACCP Program for the Catfish Processing Industry

SRAC 490

Effects of Nutrition on Body Composition and Subsequent Storage Quality of Farm-raised Channel Catfish

SRAC 6000

Managing Off-flavor Problems in Pond-Raised Catfish

SRAC 192

Microbial Rinse Technique:  Basis for the Catfish Processing Industry

SRAC 491

Nutrient Characteristics of Pond-Raised Channel Catfish

Mississippi State University

Off-flavor

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Off-flavor in U. S. Catfish Operations

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)

Phytopankton in Catfish Ponds

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Processed Catfish

SRAC 185

Processed Catfish: Product Forms, Packaging, Yields and Product Mix

SRAC 184

Processing Channel Catfish

SRAC 183

Small Scale, On-Farm Fish Processing

SRAC 442

Testing Flavor Quality of Preharvest Channel Catfish

SRAC  431

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Miscellaneous

Malathion Fate in Water and Catfish

Mississippi State University

Non-Native Species in Aquaculture: Terminology, Potential Impacts, and the Invasion Process SRAC 4303

1995 to 2007 Reports on Catfish Production

National Agricultural Statistics Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDA Aquaculture Reports

Aquaculture Situation and Outlook; Catfish and Trout Production

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Clarias Catfishes


A New Guide to Fish Farming in Kenya

Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program ( CRSP )

A Simple Method for Small Scale Propagation of Clarias gariepinus in Western Kenya

FAO Technical Cooperation Program for Kenya/4551, Document No. 2

Artificial Breeding and Nursery Practices of Clarias batrachus

Q. Hossain, M. Hossain and S. Parween, Scientific World 4 ( 2006 )

Artificial Reproduction and the Farming of the African Catfish ( Clarias gariepinus ) in the Lake Basin Area

G. Graaf, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO

Artificial Propagation of African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus: Differences between Reproduction Effects after Stimulation of Ovulation with Carp Pituitary Homogenate or GnRH-a and Dopaminergic Inhibitor

E. Brzuska, Czech. J. Anim. Sci. 48 ( 2003 )

Biology and Culture of the African Catfish

Excellent web site from Rhodes University, South Africa

Handbook on the Artificial reproduction and Pond Rearing of the Catfish, Clarias gariepinus, in Sub-Saharan Africa

FAO Fisheries Technical Paper 362

Manual for the Commercial Pond Production of the African Catfish in Uganda AuburnUniversity/USAID Uganda

Nutrition and Growth in Clarias Species: A Review

J. Weerd, Aquat. Living Resour. 8 ( 1995 )

Seed Production of Magur ( Clarias Batrachus ) using a Rural Model Portable Hatchery in Assam, India

A Farmer Proven Technology - S. Das, Aquaculture Asia 7 ( 2002 )

Seed Production of the Native Catfish, Clarias macrocephalus

Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center

Spawning Performance and Egg Quality of Asian Catfish, Clarias batrachus, at Various Doses of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin ( HCG ) Injection and Latency Periods during Spawning Induction

S. Sahoo, S. Giri, S. Chandra and A. Sahu, Aquaculture 266 ( 2007 )

Triploid Chinese Catfish

CTSA Publication 134

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Pangasius Catfishes

Developing Standards for Pangasius Sustainable Production Vietfish, No. 5, 2007
Domestication of the indigenous Mekong catfish Pangasius krempfi : overview of the fishery in Cambodia and Laos and preliminary study of the artificial reproduction above the Khone waterfalls Living Aquatic Resources Research Center, Report No. 0019
Farmed Pangasius World Wildlife Fund
Globefish Fish Information Network
Induced ovulation of Pangasius bocourti
(Sauvage, 1880) with a progressive hCG treatment
CaCot, et al., Aquaculture/213, 2002
Induced spawning of Pangasius sutchi
with pituitary extract
Chattopadhyay, et al., Aquaculture Asia, 7/1, 2002
Maturation Induction of Pangasius
hypophthalmus
Using Gonadotropin Releasing
Hormone Analogue (GnRHa) in Combination
with Domperidone, in Oil Suspension Dosage
Forms
Manosroi, et al., Asian Fisheries Science 17, 2004
Pangasius Catfish Production in LVHD Cages with a Soy-Based Feed American Soybean Association
Pangasius Catfish Production in Ponds with Soy-Based Feeds American Soybean Association
Pangasius Market Report - February 2009 The Fish Site
Some technical and management aspects of catfish hatcheries in Hong Ngu district, Dong Thap province, Vietnam Hung, et al., Aquaculture Asia Magazine, October, 2008
The importance of Pangasius farming in the
Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling, Scotland

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