CATFISH FARMING
Large vs Small Farms
- Larger farms are able to produce fish at a lower price per pound than smaller farms. For example, large farms can buy catfish feed in bulk by the truckload while smaller producers, in order to have fresh feed, must purchase bagged feed which costs 10 to 20 percent more.
- Intensive catfish production on a part-time basis is risky because the farmer cannot watch the ponds on a regular basis, day and night.
- Large farms have nighttime oxygen crews that monitor ponds regularly. Small-scale producers generally get lower yields because they stock and feed at lower rates to reduce the risk of water quality problems.
CATFISH FISHING SECRET
· Buy a cake of "Cotton Seed" Break it into small pieces Place the pieces into a bag "Burlap bag"
· Soak the bag in water for three days
· Pick out a good fishing spot that you like
· Tie the bag to a tree limb so that it is about 2 feet under the water
· Pour the bucket of water into the same area (Water that cake soaked in)
· Wait about 1-2 weeks Come back prepaired to catch huge amounts of Catfish and bass
CATFISH IN ASIA
- The
Mekong giant catfish is the largest scaleless freshwater fish in the world. The prized fish is critically endangered. - the giant catfish can weigh as much as 650 pounds (300 kilograms) and measure up to 10 feet (3 meters) in length.
Cambodia
· Currently, the Mekong giant catfish P. gigas is listed as endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and is in the process of being re-designated as critically endangered.
Catfish species
There are several kinds of species in catfish family. Catfish species live in freshwater and are found on every continent except for Antarctica . One thing that all known Catfish species have in common is the lack of scales. Another shared characteristic is the hollow leading ray on the dorsal and pectoral fins. Among the most unknown species of catfish are:
- Lacantuniidae – was found at the
Lacantun River Chiapas Mexico - Plotosidae and Ariidae - Catfish species that live in saltwater.
- Malapteruridae - capable of sending out a severe electric shock of up to 350 volts. All the different species in the Family Malapteruridae are commonly known as Electric Catfish.
- Silurus glanis - longest species of catfish that can reach until 5 meters. Also known as Wells Catfish.
- Pangasius gigas - heaviest Catfish species. Lives in
Southeast Asia . Also known as Giant Mekong Catfish. - Vandellia cirrhosa – attach it self to bathing humans and is attracted by blood and urine. This special catfish sometimes nicknamed ‘The Vampire Fish of Brazil’ also known as Candiru Catfish.
Catfish: Feeds & Feeding
- It is essential to provide a complete diet because catfish can synthesize only a small portion of the required nutrients and the quantity of nutrients from natural food organisms in the pond is relatively small.
- Catfish feeds contain grain or grain by-products that are rich in starch. Starch helps bind feed ingredients together and increases expansion of extruded feeds so that the feed pellets are water stable and float in the water.
- Catfish feed are generally supplemented with a vitamin premix to meet dietary requirements and to compensate for losses due to feed manufacture and storage.
- Catfish feeds are also supplemented with phosphorus and a trace mineral premix.
- In general, fish should be fed once a day as much feed as they will consume without adversely affecting water quality.
- Most catfish producers feed once a day, 7 days a week during the warmer months. Although feeding twice a day may slightly improve growth of fingerlings, the logistics of multiple feedings on large catfish farms make it impractical.
- Feeds should be scattered over as wide an area as possible to provide equal feeding opportunities for as many fish as possible.
- Overfeeding should be avoided since wasted feed increases production costs.
Large vs Small Farms
- Larger farms are able to produce fish at a lower price per pound than smaller farms. For example, large farms can buy catfish feed in bulk by the truckload while smaller producers, in order to have fresh feed, must purchase bagged feed which costs 10 to 20 percent more.
- Intensive catfish production on a part-time basis is risky because the farmer cannot watch the ponds on a regular basis, day and night.
- Large farms have nighttime oxygen crews that monitor ponds regularly. Small-scale producers generally get lower yields because they stock and feed at lower rates to reduce the risk of water quality problems.
CATFISH FISHING SECRET
· Buy a cake of "Cotton Seed" Break it into small pieces Place the pieces into a bag "Burlap bag"
· Soak the bag in water for three days
· Pick out a good fishing spot that you like
· Tie the bag to a tree limb so that it is about 2 feet under the water
· Pour the bucket of water into the same area (Water that cake soaked in)
· Wait about 1-2 weeks Come back prepaired to catch huge amounts of Catfish and bass
CATFISH IN ASIA
- The
Mekong giant catfish is the largest scaleless freshwater fish in the world. The prized fish is critically endangered. - the giant catfish can weigh as much as 650 pounds (300 kilograms) and measure up to 10 feet (3 meters) in length.
Cambodia
· Currently, the Mekong giant catfish P. gigas is listed as endangered by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and is in the process of being re-designated as critically endangered.
Catfish species
There are several kinds of species in catfish family. Catfish species live in freshwater and are found on every continent except for Antarctica . One thing that all known Catfish species have in common is the lack of scales. Another shared characteristic is the hollow leading ray on the dorsal and pectoral fins. Among the most unknown species of catfish are:
- Lacantuniidae – was found at the
Lacantun River Chiapas Mexico - Plotosidae and Ariidae - Catfish species that live in saltwater.
- Malapteruridae - capable of sending out a severe electric shock of up to 350 volts. All the different species in the Family Malapteruridae are commonly known as Electric Catfish.
- Silurus glanis - longest species of catfish that can reach until 5 meters. Also known as Wells Catfish.
- Pangasius gigas - heaviest Catfish species. Lives in
Southeast Asia . Also known as Giant Mekong Catfish. - Vandellia cirrhosa – attach it self to bathing humans and is attracted by blood and urine. This special catfish sometimes nicknamed ‘The Vampire Fish of Brazil’ also known as Candiru Catfish.
Catfish: Feeds & Feeding
- It is essential to provide a complete diet because catfish can synthesize only a small portion of the required nutrients and the quantity of nutrients from natural food organisms in the pond is relatively small.
- Catfish feeds contain grain or grain by-products that are rich in starch. Starch helps bind feed ingredients together and increases expansion of extruded feeds so that the feed pellets are water stable and float in the water.
- Catfish feed are generally supplemented with a vitamin premix to meet dietary requirements and to compensate for losses due to feed manufacture and storage.
- Catfish feeds are also supplemented with phosphorus and a trace mineral premix.
- In general, fish should be fed once a day as much feed as they will consume without adversely affecting water quality.
- Most catfish producers feed once a day, 7 days a week during the warmer months. Although feeding twice a day may slightly improve growth of fingerlings, the logistics of multiple feedings on large catfish farms make it impractical.
- Feeds should be scattered over as wide an area as possible to provide equal feeding opportunities for as many fish as possible.
- Overfeeding should be avoided since wasted feed increases production costs.
- The
- the giant catfish can weigh as much as 650 pounds (300 kilograms) and measure up to 10 feet (3 meters) in length.
· Currently, the
Catfish species
There are several kinds of species in catfish family. Catfish species live in freshwater and are found on every continent except for
- Lacantuniidae – was found at the
- Plotosidae and Ariidae - Catfish species that live in saltwater.
- Malapteruridae - capable of sending out a severe electric shock of up to 350 volts. All the different species in the Family Malapteruridae are commonly known as Electric Catfish.
- Silurus glanis - longest species of catfish that can reach until 5 meters. Also known as Wells Catfish.
- Pangasius gigas - heaviest Catfish species. Lives in
- Vandellia cirrhosa – attach it self to bathing humans and is attracted by blood and urine. This special catfish sometimes nicknamed ‘The Vampire Fish of Brazil’ also known as Candiru Catfish.
Catfish: Feeds & Feeding
- It is essential to provide a complete diet because catfish can synthesize only a small portion of the required nutrients and the quantity of nutrients from natural food organisms in the pond is relatively small.
- Catfish feeds contain grain or grain by-products that are rich in starch. Starch helps bind feed ingredients together and increases expansion of extruded feeds so that the feed pellets are water stable and float in the water.
- Catfish feed are generally supplemented with a vitamin premix to meet dietary requirements and to compensate for losses due to feed manufacture and storage.
- Catfish feeds are also supplemented with phosphorus and a trace mineral premix.
- In general, fish should be fed once a day as much feed as they will consume without adversely affecting water quality.
- Most catfish producers feed once a day, 7 days a week during the warmer months. Although feeding twice a day may slightly improve growth of fingerlings, the logistics of multiple feedings on large catfish farms make it impractical.
- Feeds should be scattered over as wide an area as possible to provide equal feeding opportunities for as many fish as possible.
- Overfeeding should be avoided since wasted feed increases production costs.
- It is essential to provide a complete diet because catfish can synthesize only a small portion of the required nutrients and the quantity of nutrients from natural food organisms in the pond is relatively small.
- Catfish feeds contain grain or grain by-products that are rich in starch. Starch helps bind feed ingredients together and increases expansion of extruded feeds so that the feed pellets are water stable and float in the water.
- Catfish feed are generally supplemented with a vitamin premix to meet dietary requirements and to compensate for losses due to feed manufacture and storage.
- Catfish feeds are also supplemented with phosphorus and a trace mineral premix.
- In general, fish should be fed once a day as much feed as they will consume without adversely affecting water quality.
- Most catfish producers feed once a day, 7 days a week during the warmer months. Although feeding twice a day may slightly improve growth of fingerlings, the logistics of multiple feedings on large catfish farms make it impractical.
- Feeds should be scattered over as wide an area as possible to provide equal feeding opportunities for as many fish as possible.
- Overfeeding should be avoided since wasted feed increases production costs.
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