Channel Catfish Culture: State of the Art 1976
The perfection of culture techniques for the channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) has been aided by the commercial demand for fingerlings, by the fact that the catfish is "precocial" by the time the yolk sac is absorbed, is not cannibalistic, and readily utilizes artificial feeds early in life. Several techniques have been developed for producing catfish fingerlings, but the method that appears most acceptable for the production of large numbers of fingerlings is by the pond spawning/trough incubation technique. The principal advantages of this method are that it makes possible a high...
