This technical manual is intended for beginners and particularly suited to catfish hatchery operators who have been running catfish breeding businesses at losses due to a lack of best management practices (BMP's) and how to maximize profitability. The manual assumes no prior experience in catfish farming. It, therefore, begins with relevant background information about catfish farming and then progresses to explain and demonstrate, in clear and simple illustrations, the basic catfish fingerlings production terms and concepts.
It covers all aspects of catfish fingerlings production, following the most appropriate progression in catfish breeding and management for a beginner.
By the time a beginner or learner completes being guided through this technical manual, he or she becomes not only a hatchery expert but also a catfish entrepreneur.