026 



Davis, James T. ; Hughes, Janice S. 



1970. 



Channel catfish farming in Louisiana. 



Baton Rouge, La. Wild Life Fish. Comm., Wildl. Educ. Bull. 98, 



48 pp. 



This bulletin is intended as a practical guide to supply the 



basic facts and principles necessary to start a commercial 



catfish farm. Contents include location selection, pond 



construction and technigues (f ingerlings, spawning and hatching, 



pond fertilizers, feeds and feeding, harvesting, holding, hauling 



and marketing) . Costs of various items are mentioned, ana one 



section includes an estimate of capital costs, and annual 



expenses and annual income on a per acre basis. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; general description. 



027 



Donahue, John R. 



n. d. , circa 1967. 



The United States catfish market. 



U.S. Dep. Inter., Bur. Comtner. Fish., processed, 11 pp. 



Natural catfish production and marketing problems are discussed, 



and the prospects for an expanded farm-cultured catfish market 



are suggested, if problems of erratic supplies, rising retail 



prices, and inconsistent quality could be overcome. Several 



species of fish (freshwater, saltwater, and brackish water) of 



varying guality have been marketed as "catfish," with freshwater 



channel catfish generally being highest in quality and price. 



Markets have been mainly in producing areas, yet there is 



variation in product form, price, preferences, and price 



flexibility. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; markets; marketing. 



028 



Ford, Erwin C. 

 1969. 



Potential of pond farm production. 



Proceedings, Commercial Fish Farming Conference, Jan. 27-28, 

 1969, Athens, Ga., Univ. Ga., Coop. Ext. Serv. and Inst. 

 Community Area Dev., pp. 77-78. 



Factors to consider in evaluating the potential for cattish 

 businesses and industry expansion are (1) tne industry is new, 

 with profits for entrepreneurial risk and with business failure 

 expected for the same reasons as in other industries (inexperi- 

 ence and incompetence) ; (2) farm growth cannot be isolated from 

 other functions, if consumption is to be increased; (3) quality 

 of cultured fish must be maintained as a means of product identi- 

 fication (and separation from natural-stock catfish, which sells 

 at lower prices); and (4) supplies must be adequate to satisfy 



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