{"id":7540,"date":"2012-11-27T21:58:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T19:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=7540"},"modified":"2016-01-05T00:17:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T22:17:15","slug":"tank-culture-of-african-catfish-clarias-gariepinus-in-a-commercial-fish-farm-in-cross-river-state-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?p=7540","title":{"rendered":"Tank culture of African catfish, in a commercial fish farm in Cross River State, Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Credit:<\/strong> Mfon Dominic Archibong (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-02.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13077\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=13077\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-02.jpg?fit=651%2C423&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"651,423\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tank culture of African catfish in Nigeria (02)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-02.jpg?fit=651%2C423&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13077\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-02-300x195.jpg?resize=300%2C195\" alt=\"Tank culture of African catfish in Nigeria (02)\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-02.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-02.jpg?w=651&amp;ssl=1 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-01.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fishconsult.org\/?attachment_id=13076\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-01.jpg?fit=501%2C323&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"501,323\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tank culture of African catfish in Nigeria (01)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-01.jpg?fit=501%2C323&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13076\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-01-300x193.jpg?resize=300%2C193\" alt=\"Tank culture of African catfish in Nigeria (01)\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-01.jpg?resize=300%2C193&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fishconsult.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Tank-culture-of-African-catfish-in-Nigeria-01.jpg?w=501&amp;ssl=1 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The two photos show a commercial fish farm for African catfish, <em>Clarias gariepinus<\/em>. The farm is located fish at Cross River State which is a coastal state in Nigeria. The production units are 30 Gee pee plastic tanks. Catfish fingerlings are stocked at the rate of 300\/tank. In this system, the growing season extends for 4-6 months till the harvesting of about 1-kg as an average size of harvested fish. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Credit: Mfon Dominic Archibong (Nigeria) The two photos show a commercial fish farm for African catfish, Clarias gariepinus. The farm is located fish at Cross River State which is a coastal state in Nigeria. The production units are 30 Gee pee plastic tanks. Catfish fingerlings are stocked at the rate of 300\/tank. 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