Data/hora: 10/06/2024 19:09:36

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Can Catfish Aquaculture be Profitable in Farm Ponds?
Autores: | Dasgupta,   Siddhartha; Wurts,   William; Durborow,   Robert.
Data: | 2007-01-11
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Mathematical programming; Catfish; Aquaculture; Farm ponds; Livestock Production/Industries.
Resumo: | Extensive channel catfish farming is a means of utilizing farm ponds for aquaculture production for either supplementary income of home use.  This involves stocking catfish at sufficiently low densities such that a pond is able to assimilate excess feed and fish wastes without needing supplemental aeration or chemicals to keep water quality from reaching toxic levels.  This is "low-tech" aquaculture and requires little producer labor/management inputs.  A mathematical model of extensive catfish culture in farm ponds was presented in this paper.  This model used data from Kentucky where part-time producers, with a minimum of aquaculture experience and time for pond management, are involved in culturing catfish for retail/live markets.  Results of this model showed that the optimal strategy would be to stock fish at densities up to 3,000/ha/yr (1,200/ac/yr).  Other results showed that breakeven prices were less than $2.20/kg ($1.00/lb), a popular retail price for whole catfish.  Hence, this paper concluded that small-scale aquaculture is both feasible and profitable in farm ponds, provided the producer had access to retail markets for the product.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

25173

http://purl.umn.edu/34893

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

Southern Agricultural Economics Association&gt;2007 Annual Meeting, February 4-7, 2007, Mobile, Alabama

Selected Paper

Formato:

19

application/pdf