Health & Welfare
Managing natural productivity in channel catfish nursery ponds
Decisions on stocking channel catfish fry should be based on the abundance of large zooplankton in the pond water, rather than total zooplankton abundance.
Health & Welfare
pH field measurements improve catfish fry survival
Since catfish fry survival lowers if subjected to an abrupt pH rise of 0.5, the authors recommend measuring pH in transport tanks and receiving ponds and the addition of buffering agents to transport tanks.