014 



Anonymous. 



1972. 



Raceways versus ponds: how they compare costwise, profitwise. 



Fish Farming Ind. 3(1): 12-13. 



Summarized are results of a Georgia study (by E. Evan Brown and 



Jerry L. Chesness, University of Georgia; Samuel R. Chapman, 



Soil Conservation Service). Hypothetical 1970 investment costs, 



annual costs and returns, computational assumptions, and other 



information are given to compare ponds and raceways for raising 



catfish. The comparison is Dased on four 5-acre ponds and one 



20-segment raceway, both operations producing 114,000 pounds per 



year. Three output prices (all in excess of average costs for 



both methods, about $0.28/lb.) are used to show the effect on 



gross returns and net returns to management, holding costs 



constant. Feed and fingerlings are the major cost items for both 



methods and they are both higher for raceways, offsetting the 



advantage raceways have in lower initial investment cost, lower 



pumping costs, and lower havesting costs. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; revenue; costs; returns; method comparison. 



015 



Anonymous. 



1970. 



Report to the fish farmers (the status of warmwater fish farming 



and progress in fish farming research) . 



U. S. Dep. Inter., Bur. Sport Fish. Wildl., Resour. Publ. 83, 



124 pp. 



This report is essentially similar to Second report to fish 



farmers, annotated under Meyer, Fred P. and others. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; general description. 



016 



Anonymous. 



1972. 



A statistical reporting system for the catfish farming industry, 



methodology and 1970 results. 



Univ. Ark., Ind. Res. Ext. Cent., and Dep. Agri. Econ. Rural 



Scciol. (subcontractor), Econ. Dev. Adm., Tech. Assist. Proj. 



Rep. 99-6-09044-2, 233 pp. 



The report gives information that was collected to develop and 



test the proposed system. This information relates to various 



aspects of farming, processing, marketing, and sources of 



supplies; for example, data on farm-pond acreage, production (for 



food and for fingerlings) , operators, cages an>d raceways, market 



outlet (processor,, retailer, and live-hauler) , supply source, and 



disposition. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; production data; processing; marketing; methods; 



markets; acreage data. 



