INTRODUCTION

Catfish family Claridae fish mt commonly grown Nigeria. development aquaculture Nigeria, ly improved steady increase catfish culture. culture Clarias gariepinus hypophysation launched western Nigeria 1973, procedure widely practiced tt Nigeria wh led increase catfish farming 80 today. species catfish aquaculture promoted Nigeria include: Clarias gariepinus, bidorsalis Heterobranchus, Clarias Hybrid Heterobranchus (Heteroclarias) Clarias nigrodigitatus. Sp Heterobranchus fish mt commonly grown south-eastern Nigeria.

Larval PRODUCTION

Despite popularity African catfish le market potential, production essentially subsistence level majorly lack seeds storage ps supply. Europe, approximately 75% applications Clarias Fingerlings supplied manufacturers. Nigeria, however, fingerlings supplied government private nurseries sufficient meet demands Fingerling Catfish farmers.

The artificial propagation C. gariepinus hatcheries hormone induction. Farmers suspension homoplastic pituitary comfortable, convenient reliable similar hormone synthesis imported. Weight C. gariepinus breeding artificial reproduction 0. 3kg 2kg (Olaleye, 2005). Despite tower hormones reproduction induced spawning survival sl fraught biotic abiotic factors. biotic factors cannibalism, heavy predation frogs / aquatic insects abiotic factors including water temperature, dissolved oxygen (> 4. 5mg/L-1), levels ammonia . week ar stocking, critical factor successful treatment larval catfish availability zooplankton. Food feeding larvae, fry catfish he mt studied shown influence growth survival fish. Studies he shown life zooplankton preferred food larvae. businesses oy Fingerling size larvae ponds organic fertilizer wh density 30-1000 larvae/m2 (Olaleye, 2005). Fry stocked rearing ponds rate 50-75 fish/m3 ur management.

SYSTEM CULTURE

Due cannibalistic nature Clarias gariepinus, me sorting required. fry fish / fry rearing, tanks mosquito screening, recommended avoid dragonflies predatory insects breeding ponds. Poly-culture Clarias gariepinus Tilapia species used. poly-culture Clarias gariepinus Oreochromis niloticus, supplemented poultry supplementary feeding proved vital.

Food Nutrition

Food feeding fish-ponds cats me companies documented literature. Various efforts bn determine crude protein amino acids C. gariepinus. Ayinla (1988) recommended 35% 40% crude protein (PB) increase table size broodstock, respectively. 10 essential amino acids (EAA) required species warmwater fish, 3 EAAS he bn studied documented arginnie, methionine lysine. formulate compound Aqua foods meet nutritional requirements catfish affordable, me conventional unconventional animal byproducts crop residues he tested replace substitute fish meal (Table 1). energy development changed single ingredient, flour, pellets Pellet dissemination floating pellets tt makes difference development aquaculture Nigeria C. gariepinus bn raised maturity 6 months.

The hybridization Clarias gariepinus longifilis Heterobranchus

The wishes farmers scientists catfish farming, wh combines characteristics rapid growth maturation spp Heterobranchus treatment C. gariepinus led development hybrid Heteroclarias spp. technology bn widely accepted 58% rate return (IRR) investments (Adeogun et al, 1999).

CHANGE CULTURE

The revised Oresegun et al (2007), reported ft fish farmers Nigeria, raised fish burrow abandoned ws fields mines aboveground pools sm extensive production. introduction containers cement pool manageable size environmental change, flow water th supplementary feeding, yield fish. advent indoor water circulation sm (WRS) perspective aquaculture. introduction WRS created production catfish Nigeria.

PROSPECTS CULTURE

The history aquaculture Nigeria essentially history culture catfish hope fish supply Nigeria clings development culture. Recent trends world, reported decline landings fm capture fisheries, indicator fish stocks he approached surpassed maximum sustainable yield. Aquaculture oy alternative increase fish production meet proteins population. bn observed tt me 30,000 tons freshwater fish species fm brackish water captured 2000, catfish abundant near Tilapin (Table 2). FAO (1993) reported 27,488 tonnes catfish produced 1990 consumed locally. Ts implies increased production local international markets.

Table 1: Se plant residues cultivation Nigeria Clariidae.

Conventional raw vegetables

Availability

Fish

References

Peanut cake

Adequate

C. anguillaris

Solomon et al. (1996); Eyo & Adelowo (1990)

Soybean meal;

Normal fat / fat;

Hulled solvent extracted soybean meal;

Extruded / unshaped

Adequate

C. anguillaris

C. gariepinus

C. gariepinus

H. longifilis

Solomon et al. (1996); & Ologhobo Balogun (1989); Fashakin & Balogun (1996); Adewumi (2005)

Eyo et al. (2001); Fagbenro & Davis (2003)

Non-conventional plant foods

Availability

Fish

References

Cocoa pod husk

Sesame Seeds

Adequate

N /

C. isheriensiss

C. gariepinus

Fagbenro (1992)

Olukunle & Falay (1998)

Table 2: Aquaculture production Nigeria

Tons Species

Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), O. O. niloticus hybrid Aureus) 11363

Galilaeus Sarotherodon melanopleura S. T. Zilli, T. Elaeis 3025

Mud Catfishes (Clarias gariepinus, C. anguillaris, isheriensis C) 6553

Bidorsalis Heterobranchus, longifilis H. Heterobranchus Clarias Hybrid 2832

Wolf brackish (Chrysicthys nigrodigitatus) 1515

Carp (common carp, Cyprinus carpio, carp India Goldfish Carrasus sp.) 1280

Heterotis (Heterotis niloticus) 654

Mullet (Mugil cephalus, Liza falcipinnis) 336

Snakehead (obscrura Parachanna) 297

Other fish 2921

Total 30,776

Fagbenro, et al. (2003)

A facing production catfish. are: weak management capacity, lack gd quality seeds, lack capital, cost feed, collection erroneous data, lack consideration environmental marketing product. My people currently engaged agriculture lack catfish management skills. te considerable research production food catfish nutrition, cheap food replacement alternative farmers fishmeal Wolf count expensive, imported floating food pellets.

The success industries catfish, trout, rainbow salmon United mainly availability food form granules me basis nutritional studies fish sl years. Te urgent coordination research, sh access food manufacturers data relevant quality food production relatively cheap.

The Federal government public-States' / partnership programs private initiative sl private hatcheries establishing standards gradually paying solving scarcity seeds. However, produce quality seed, aquaculture explore potential genetics. date, educational institutions equipped laboratories genetic research production genetically improved varieties catfish (Omitoyin, 2007).

CONCLUSION

Considerable effort bn devoted study production Clarias spp Heterobranchuis Nigeria. Catfish farming continued attract private sector initiative relation public previous government sponsored programs. ps related production, particular issue twins workflow supply fingerlings addressed, Nigeria soon exporter catfish.

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