Catfish Aquaculture Industry Assessment in Nigeria

This research covered randomly selected catfish farms, catfish hatcheries, processing plants, feedimporters, local feed makers, catfish marketers and markets in Nigeria. A review of existing literature wascarried out, structured questionnaires covering hatchery operators, catfish farms, marketers and processorswere designed and administered to some farms using field assistants. Meetings were held with the CatfishFarmers associations, feed importers and sellers. Oral interviews were conducted with the staff of FisheriesDepartment in some States and the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and cooperative. Production and saledata were analysed to determine cost of production and profitability of catfish farming business,