Proceedings of a Workshop on the Development of a Genetic Improvement Program for African Catfish Clarias gariepinus

Abstract

This proceedings include papers present at the workshop held from 5 to 9th Nov 2007 in Accra, Ghana. The areas cover 1)the present state of the catfish industry in Africa 2)Catfish reproductive management and grow out 3)Catfish nutrition and feeds 4)The application of genetic principles to catfish genetic improvement programs 5)Recommendations on how to best approach the issue of genetic improvement programs for catfish.