African Catfish Farmer's Handbook: Willy Fleuren’s long time experience in building & installing hatcheries, grow-out systems, and fish farm management in Africa and globally is shared in this book

This book is the result of Willy Fleuren’s over 30 years experience in building and installing hatcheries, grow-out systems, and fish farm management in both Africa and other parts of the world. This legacy edition of Willy Fleuren’s book, filled with special added contents, is a valuable gift for the present and the future generation of fish farmers and also for students of aquaculture and fisheries in Africa and beyond, to answer their hunger and desire for the right practical techniques of profitable fish farming and management.Willy Fleuren stresses on the need to do the right things and stop cutting corners in fish farming while emphasizing the need for quality fish feed and other essentials for a successful fish farming business.Topics in African Catfish Farmers HandbookThe book covers a lot! Some of the major topics includes:– Reasons for failure in fish farms– Biology of catfish– The available sources of water– Fish culture systems– Material choice in fish farms– sizes and shapes– Setting up of a fish farm– Feed and feeding– Reproduction of Catfish– Fish diseases and how to manage them– Fish farm management– Marketing of Catfish– Economics of Catfish farming– Integrated farming and even more. Read more