This paper indicates the general considerations involved in 

 moving farm-reared catfisn from the pond to and through a 

 processing plant for distribution to market. Each step along the 

 way is discussed in general terms. Particular emphasis is placed 

 on the special considerations and interrelations between the 

 various operations, and on proper design, layout, and eguipping 

 of a processing plant. Tne lowering of costs of production, 

 processing, and marketing is one of the major limiting factors to 

 the continued orderly development of the processing sector of the 

 industry. 



Subject descriptors: 

 Catfish; technology; processing; general description. 



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Brown, E. Evan; Holemo, Fred J.; Hudson, Horace. 



1973. 



What the Georgia fee fishing survey reveals. 



Fish Farming Ind. 4(3): 10, 12 and 13. 



Initial results of a 1972 survey of 23 Georgia catfish fee 



fishing operators are reported, along with the discussion of 



certain factors necessary to the success of such business. Among 



these factors are pond site selection, pond and structure design, 



water quality and quantity, fish culture, species selection, 



feeding, fertilization, and control of predators and disease. 



Itemized sample budget data are given for revenue, costs and 



returns, including survey average and range data for certain 



items of expense. On the average, fishout pond operators were 



open for business 200 days per year. Income came from fees only, 



not from sales of sundries and tackle, which proved unprofitable. 



After deducting variable and fixed expenses, including interest 



on investment, the net returns to family labor and management 



averaged $2,003 per acre. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; recreation; fee fishing; survey data; revenue; costs; 



returns. 



023 



Brown, E. Evan; LaPlante, M. G.; Covey, L. H. 

 1969. 



A synopsis of catfish farming. 



Univ. Ga., Coll. Agri. Exp. Sta. , Res. Bull. 69, 50 pp. 

 Contents: spawning and hatching, chemical control of diseases 

 and parasites, pond construction and water quality control, 

 feeding, harvesting, marketing, expected costs and returns of 

 channel catfish farming, summary and observations, and literature 

 cited. Market outlets for commercial growers include: live fish 

 (for pay-lake operators) , now the presently highest priced and 

 dominant market; local markets, upon which small operators 

 depend; and volume food-fish markets. Gross and net returns per 

 acre for various fish and agronomic field crops are cited (1966, 

 Arkansas data). Itemized investment and annual costs, and annual 



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