Catfish / Pangasius

How a newcomer to aquaculture is upgrading the technology and adopting novel local feed ingredients to bring out the best in his family's tilapia and catfish farm.

A detailed breakdown of the impact that Covid-19 has had on Ghana’s fish farmers has been presented to the country’s fisheries minister.

Catfish production in Nigeria is hugely popular – with a booming domestic market as well as strong export sales – and currently accounts for over 80 percent of the country’s aquaculture output.

Despite severe economic challenges over the years, the US catfish farming industry is now advancing again thanks to new technologies and production strategies - including the use of split ponds.

Plans to promote Ghana’s aquaculture industry may have been postponed due to the outbreak of Covid-19, but the organisers are optimistic that an inaugural event will go ahead next year instead.

Over a decade ago, Mohammed Kyari regularly fished in Lake Chad – a large and shallow lake whose waters and surrounding territory span parts of Chad, Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria’s Borno State – until 2009 when the Boko H…

Covid-19 has created a further setbacks for Ghana’s aquaculture industry, just when it started recovering from the losses encountered as a result of the ISKNV outbreak on Lake Volta.

A case study exploring the prevalence of foodborne zoonotic trematodes in farmed catfish suggests that maintaining stringent biosecurity protocols during grow-out could enhance existing management techniques, bringing ca…

The results of two-year study designed to identify and strengthen best practices for animal welfare in aquaculture has been published by The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) today.

The Kenyan aquaculture sector has been pledged 14.9 billion shillings (£11.4 million) in funding, as part of a new initiative designed to improve the rural economy and the country's food security

Myanmar’s aquaculture and fisheries sectors are suffering from the collapse in the export trade that has accompanied the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A programme that encourages the adoption of pond-based fish farming in Kenya is raising household incomes and halting the spread of sexually transmitted disease, according to World Neighbors.

Frass – the byproduct of the larval meal industry – has potential as a protein source in catfish diets according to new research.

Officials in Vietnam have announced plans to regulate the levels of the preservative ethoxyquin in aquafeeds, in order to maintain its significant aquaculture exports to the EU.

Improving the quality of its farmed species, including shrimp and pangasius, is one of the key goals that’s been set out by Vietnam's department of fisheries for 2020.

Ghana’s leading aquaculture firms are looking at new ways of processing their products in order to increase demand for tilapia, both at home and abroad, in line with the growth in production.

A new study indicates that baker’s yeast enhances growth performance, feed utilisation and disease resistance in freshwater catfish.

Nigeria’s United Fish Farmers Cooperative Society benefitted from a one-day seminar on best practice in fish farming, processing and value chain opportunities this week.

The aquafeed industry needs to “think out of the box to find growth,” according to a new report, How to Succeed in Aqua Feed, which has been published by Rabobank today.

A Ghanaian project that uses nutrients in wastewater to help improve catfish growth has been gaining considerable traction over the summer.