Can commercial catfish producers always feed efficiently?

Aquaculture Economics and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 55-64

  Dasgupta, Siddhartha ^a   Monestime, Diony ^b   Engle, Carole ^b  

^a KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfish; Feeding economics; Production economics

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION COST;

EID: 0036297736     PISSN: 13657305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13657300209380303     Document Type: Article

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