EVALUATION OF GROWTH PERFORMANCE,PRODUCTION AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF THF AFRICAN CATFISH, CLARIAS GARIEPINUS.CULTURED IN EARTHEN PONDS. | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 10, Issue 3, July 2006, Page 55-67 PDF (536.97 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2006.1862 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Abdalla El-Shebly | ||||
| National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| ^mall African catfish, Clarias gariepinus collected from the ^neighbouring harvested farms with 21.67 cm and 88.24g average individual length and weight respectively. Fish were stocked in a freshwater earthen pond, with an area of 2 feddans and a bout 2 meters, at a rate of 22600 fish/ feddan (2000 kg/ feddan). Growth performance, production, nutritive value and net return were evaluated for 8 months. The fish attained an average final length of 47.4 cm/fish and an average final weight of 846 g/fish. The final total biomass was 18500 kg/feddan. The biochemical analysis of Clarias gariepinus flesh revealed high nutritive value, where total protein was 15.65 % and total lipid was 3.13 % on wet weight basis. The economic evaluation revealed high net return of 68500 L. E. /feddan during the rearing period (8 months) with investmental return of 3.85 L. E. /1 L. E. Cost. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| African catfish; Growth performance; production; nutritive value; Economic Evaluation | ||||
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