Seed production striped catfish

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 success of the artificial seed production is considered to be one of the key drivers for the explosive growth of the striped catfish in Vietnam (Phuong and Oanh, 2009). The production of hatchery-reared seed has increased rapidly during the past years larvae and fingerfing production increased 18-fold and 26-fold, respectively, between 2002 and 2011 (Fig. 16.3). The seed demand is mostly for fingerfing size for grow-out stocking. 

Striped catfish seed production induced breeding in hatcheries... 

Striped catfish seed production in Vietnam is structured within two main sectors-hatchery and nursery (Bui et aL, 2010) (Fig. 16.4). Hatcheries produce large numbers of larvae which are mostly sold to nursery farms (94%), while the nursery sector grows fry and fingerling for sale to the grow-out farms. 

Fig. 16.4 Structure of the hatchery and nursery sectors of the striped catfish seed production in the Mekong delta and the movement of stock between each sector...

Striped catfish seed production larval and fry nursing... 

The demand for striped catfish seeds will increase in the coming years to keep pace with the increase in nationally planned production. The induced spawning technique of the striped catfish is relatively well developed and... 

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