043 



Jones, Walter G. 

 1969. 



Market prospects for farm catfish production. 



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

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

 Community Area Dev., pp. 49-61. 



In assessing future prospects, quality, production, market, and 

 demand factors are discussed with emphasis on the latter. U.S. 

 per capita and total fish consumption, and import growth are 

 cited as factors affecting the demand for farm-raised catfish. 

 Using estimated or actual data for 1955-68, wild and farm-raised 

 production, imports and total U.S. catfish supplies are projected 

 for 1969-75 at two levels. The data are shown in tables and 

 graphs, along with prices for wild catfish from several States or 

 producing areas. The projections were made informally (without a 

 formal mathematical model) on the basis of the author's 10-year 

 association with the industry. He indicated that rapid growth in 

 imports, wild-cultured fish price differentials, lack of market 

 development (promotion) , and other factors could affect potential 

 sales expansion in the Midwest and other areas outside the main 

 producing region. 

 Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; production data; import data; consumption data; fore- 

 casts; marketing; markets; outlook. 



044 



Kinnear, H. M. 



1972. 



Catfish spawning — trough culture makes a big difference. 



Amer. Fish Farmer World Aquacult. News 3(6): 6-7. 



The shift from the use of natural to controlled environment 



catfish spawning at the Leon Hill Catfish Hatchery, near Lonoke, 



Ark., is described briefly on the basis of an interview. Hill 



estimates that with natural spawning in outdoor ponds about 15% 



of the eggs become fingerlings, and that there is about 50% 



survival under controlled conditions. Careful supervision, water 



temperature control (80 degrees F. , plus or minus less than 1 



degree), water quality control, proper feeds, feeding, and other 



aspects of procedure are discussed. The business is said to be 



profitable, but subject to risk. 



Subject descriptors: 



Catfish; technology; hatcheries; techniques. 



045 



Kirby, Martin. 



1972. 



Catfish vs. poverty? 



Amer. Fish Farmer World Aquacult. News 4(1): 8-9. 



A plan devised by Earl Evans, an Arkansas catfish farmer, aimed 



at fighting poverty in Arkansas and Mississippi is outlined. It 



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