Catfish / Pangasius

Ahead of the inaugural meeting of the World Aquaculture Society’s African Chapter, which is due to take place in Alexandria this month, Harrison Charo Karisa – one of the key organisers of the event – discusses the prosp…

The growth of the aquaculture sector offers Nigeria its best chance of reducing its USD $1 billion seafood trade deficit, as well as helping to provide vital nutrients and jobs, according to a new publication by WorldFis…

Oladejo Olanrewaju Olumide is the chairman of Ikorodu Fish Farm Estate and second vice-president of the Lagos State Catfish and Allied Farmers Association (LASCAFAN) – the umbrella body of all catfish farmers in Lagos St…

26-year-old Wilfred Agbi runs Weija Farms, a catfish hatchery and an “aquaculture evangelism” agency in Ghana that aims to train up young people who are looking to establish their own fish farms.

Indonesia’s aquafeed producers – be they industrial players or farmers who produce feed independently – are increasingly looking towards the use of local and sustainable alternatives to fish meal and soy.

Scientists with the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are closer than ever to finding answers and potential remedies to Aeromonas hydrophila, a fatal disease in farmed catfish.

Catfish, like tilapia, have the potential to drive the growth of sub-Saharan Africa’s aquaculture industry, while an emerging breed of producers might offer investment opportunities too.

Catfishes have surpassed tilapia in global aquaculture production and – helped in part by the sheer number of their species and their extensive geographical range – they are set to remain at the top table.

BioMar has appointed Franck Bodin as the managing director of its new BioMar Viet Uc feed business unit in Vietnam.

The gene editing tool CRISPR is now being used to generate a range of traits in a variety of farmed aquatic species – including salmonids, crustaceans and carp – but there is still a way to go before it is likely to be f…

A $149 million initiative to develop the aquaculture sector in the Mekong Delta has been launched by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development this week.

Israel Yusuf, who is also known as "Dr Fish", is a 41-year-old fish farmer, farm reform advocate, agribusiness development consultant and aquaculture service provider in Nigeria.

When it comes to fish vaccine doses, less is often more. Pharmaq’s Bjørn Brudeseth explains why micro-dose fish vaccines are a macro trend.*

Ecotechnolgies, including constructed and reciprocating wetland systems, might offer economical alternatives to RAS, employing some of the same principles as recirc systems, but at the fraction of the cost.

Until recently, Assam depended heavily on other Indian states to fulfil its demand for fish. However, it has increased its aquaculture production significantly in the past five years, thanks in part to government incenti…

Ademola Adetola, a graduate of accounting from the University of Cape Coast, is the co-owner of AwoAde Farms, in Agoro Community, Ogun State, Nigeria.

A new law that would allow fish farmers to cull predatory double-crested cormorants has been introduced in the US.

Increasing numbers of people displaced by the construction of a reservoir in India’s Jharkhand State are turning to cage culture of tilapia and pangasius, thanks to government subsidies and reports of good profits.

Twenty-seven-year-old Abdulmalik Oladipupo is the aquaculture senior supervisor at Patec Foods Limited, which produces catfish and pangasius in an RAS farm in Nigeria.