Cage culture of sutchi catfish, Pangasius sutchi (Fowler 1937): Effects of stocking density on growth, survival, yield and farm profitability

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-39

  Rahman, Mohammed Mokhlesur ^a   Islam, Md Shahidul ^b   Halder, Govinda Chandra ^c   Tanaka, Masaru ^b  

^a WORLDFISH   (Malaysia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BANGLADESH FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cage culture; Farm profitability; Pangasius sutchi; Stocking density; Sutchi catfish

Indexed keywords

CAGE CULTURE; FISHERY ECONOMICS; STOCKING DENSITY; YIELD;

PANGASIUS SUTCHI;

EID: 33644973238     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2005.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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