Catfish farmers can sell their stock to processors for as much as $1 a pound. On a successful farm, that can translate into catfish-pond yields of more than $2,000 per acre. You can raise catfish in ...

In the catfish industry, it's well-known that hybrid catfish—a cross of the channel catfish with the blue catfish—generally have better growth, higher survival rates and better meat yield than ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) -- After a two-year stint, including working in a bank in Australia, Mazli Mashudi chose to pursue a career in catfish breeding after returning home in 2013. Perseverance, hard ...

Vietnam's farmers in the past caught young fish to breed in local ponds, but they have now progressed to be among the world’s leading catfish exporters. Speaking at a recent press conference on ...

Rhoda Mwende holds a parent catfish she uses to breed fingerlings, on her land in Kanyonga village, Mbeere, Kenya. TRF/Isaiah Esipisu MBEERE, Kenya, Aug 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Farmers in ...

Breeding fish in a pond is always a possibility, but this was next level. The shallow edges were packed with baby catfish hugging the structure. Now the big question is how many will survive. Prince ...

The state of Arkansas last year gave the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks 50 young adult Blue Catfish free of charge to be used for breeding. That spawned a new program that will enable KDWP to ...