Developments in hatchery technology for striped catfish Pangasianodon hypophthalmus

Developments in hatchery technology for striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) 

Nguyen, T. M. Bui and T. A. Nguyen, Can Tho University, Vietnam and S. De Silva, Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia and Pacific (NACA), Thailand and Deakin University, Australia 

Key words striped catfish, hatchery, fingerling, fry, spawning. 

Directorate, 2011). This fish species is now known worldwide due to its products being exported to 136 countries and territories in 2010 (De Silva and Phuong, 2011). The striped catfish has become the Princess in Vietnamese aquaculture in recent years (Phuong and Oanh, 2010). One of the key drivers for the fast growth of the striped catfish farming sector is the successes of seed production and associated development of hatchery techniques, including the uptake and successful adoption of the techniques by the farming community. 

The striped catfish (P. hypophthalmus) is a migratory riverine species that undertakes long-distance migrations of more than several hundred kilometres between its upstream refuges and spawning habitats and its downstream feeding and nursery habitats (Van Zalinge et ai, 2002 Baran, 2006). The life-cycle of the striped catfish is intimately tied to the annual monsoon 

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