include: fish pond construction, water quality and quantity, 

 finqerling production, cage culture, culture from fingerlings to 

 food fish, diseases and parasites, marketinq, fish pond bioloqy, 

 and aquatic veqetation control. Briefly, items of economic 

 interest include some comparisons of production methods, factor 

 usaqe, and costs. 

 Subject descriptors: 

 Catfish; techniques; methods; bioloqy; marketing; costs. 



012 



Anonymous. 



1972. 



Proceedings, Second Annual Kerr Foundation Fish Farming 



Conference, March 10, 1972, Poteau, Okla. 



Kerr Foundation, Poteau, Okla., 55 pp. 



Various aspects of catfish farming are discussed in five 



presentations, panel discussions, and question and answer 



sessions. Topics include basic aspects of catfish nutrition, 



recoqnition and treatment of the common catfish diseases, catfish 



marketing problems, cage culture of channel catfish (including 



costs), and economics of production in ponds. Briefly, the 



economic concerns were: supply and demand of various catfish 



species, consumer preferences, production and investment costs, 



depreciation, interest rates, net profit and risk in investment. 



An article by Collins is separately annotated in this 



bibliography. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; biology; methods; marketing; costs; returns; risks; 



technigues. 



013 



Anonymous. 



1971 . 



Producing and marketing catfish in the Tennessee Valley. 



Conference Proceedings, June 30-July 1, 1971, Knoxville, Tenn. , 



T.V.A., Bull. Y-38, 96 pp. 



Several of the papers include tables and discussion on production 



costs using different methods (ponds, raceways and cages) of 



farming. Marketing is considered at several stages, as well as 



in terms of product form. Other topics include: financing, 



nutrition, disease, new and needed developments, and factors for 



prospective investors and managers to consider. The focus of the 



conference was on private catfish farming, with only incidental 



recognition being given to sport and commercial fishing from 



public waters. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; costs; returns; marketing; financing; general 



description. 



