Catfish / Pangasius

Across West Africa, smart solutions are beginning to unlock the enormous potential for domestic, sustainable fish farming at a local level. One ingenious project is SkyFox – which integrates catfish f…

A new collaborative project designed to help fish and shrimp farmers in Vietnam achieve ASC certification has been launched today.

Not content with merely transforming an abandoned fish farm into a thriving catfish-farming cluster, Benedicta Peter-Ugheoke is also an aquaculture trainer and consultant who has helped encourage many…

Trials of a new patented feed additive, derived from the sugarcane plant (Saccharum officinarum) suggest its ability to improve growth rates and feed conversion ratios in a number of commercially impo…

How a simple but effective development in smoking technology is helping to reduce fish waste and the use of firewood in the Niger Delta, while simultaneously adding value to farmers’ fish

How one man’s idea to help soldiers earn extra income and acquire valuable skills on retirement has evolved to create a national aquaculture training centre in Ghana

A new approach to assessing the relative sustainability of different aquaculture systems has been launched by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) today.

In a move that suggests an increased focus on the farmed whitefish sector, Marel Fish has appointed Diego Lages as its new sales director for Marel Fish.

Lilian Elekwachi, research technician and catfish farmer at the United Ufuoma Fish Farmers Association (UUFFA) in Warri Delta State, Nigeria, believes that improved infrastructure and knowledge are es…

A new vaccine that's designed to protect catfish from columnaris disease is currently being developed by Auburn University.

The concept of ‘cluster farming’ tilapia and catfish, which is being pioneered in Ghana by a Dutch investment firm, could revolutionise the country’s – and the continent’s – aquaculture sector.

Feed trials are now underway at the new Coppens RAS research facility, which opened in the Netherlands last month.

Ghana’s Western Region Coastal Foundation (WRCF) is leading a programme to promote aquaculture among fishing communities affected by oil and gas production.

Following the successful debut of the World Aquaculture Society’s debut conference in sub-Saharan Africa, The Fish Site spoke to Niels Lundgaard, Commercial Director of Africa for Aller Aqua Group – w…

A project to assess the sustainability levels of those fisheries that supply fishmeal to the South East Asian aquafeed market has been launched by the Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and IFFO, the M…

A new range of high performance tilapia and African catfish feeds has been launched BioMar a sign of the growing importance and sophistication of the aquaculture sector in Africa.

Executives from 16 Norwegian aquaculture businesses have taken part in a workshop in Vietnam in order to promote how technology could help develop the sectors potential.

This article by Dr Abdel Raheam H. A. El-Bassir and colleagues from Sudan explores the effects of preserving fish using salt on its nutritional properties.

This article by Bonnie Waycott for TheFishSite provides an overview of water quality and biosecurity in the farming of pangasius. Pangasius Farming: Water Quality and Biosecurity is part four in a fou…

This article by Bonnie Waycott for TheFishSite provides an overview of feed and nutrition in the farming of pangasius. Pangasius Farming: Feed and Nutrition is part three in a four part series.