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    Aquaculture: Fish Farming

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    Fish can live in either saltwater oceans or freshwater lakes and rivers. While Oklahoma has no saltwater, it has many freshwater lakes and rivers suitable for fish farming. Aquaculture, or fish farming, is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture in the US. Channel catfish are the most common fish farmed in the US, with Oklahoma being a major source of brood fish. Farmed channel catfish are raised in ponds and fed soybean, corn, and wheat-based food until they reach market size of 1-1.5 pounds after about 18 months.

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    Aquaculture: Fish Farming

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    Fish can live in either saltwater oceans or freshwater lakes and rivers. While Oklahoma has no saltwater, it has many freshwater lakes and rivers suitable for fish farming. Aquaculture, or fish farming, is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture in the US. Channel catfish are the most common fish farmed in the US, with Oklahoma being a major source of brood fish. Farmed channel catfish are raised in ponds and fed soybean, corn, and wheat-based food until they reach market size of 1-1.5 pounds after about 18 months.

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    Fish can live in either saltwater oceans or freshwater lakes and rivers. While Oklahoma has no saltwater, it has many freshwater lakes and rivers suitable for fish farming. Aquaculture, or fish farming, is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture in the US. Channel catfish are the most common fish farmed in the US, with Oklahoma being a major source of brood fish. Farmed channel catfish are raised in ponds and fed soybean, corn, and wheat-based food until they reach market size of 1-1.5 pounds after about 18 months.

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    Fish can live in either saltwater oceans or freshwater lakes and rivers. While Oklahoma has no saltwater, it has many freshwater lakes and rivers suitable for fish farming. Aquaculture, or fish farming, is one of the fastest growing segments of agriculture in the US. Channel catfish are the most common fish farmed in the US, with Oklahoma being a major source of brood fish. Farmed channel catfish are raised in ponds and fed soybean, corn, and wheat-based food until they reach market size of 1-1.5 pounds after about 18 months.

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    Aquaculture:

    Fish Farming
    By: Audrey Harmon

    There are many types of


    fish. Some live in oceans.
    They need salt water.

    Some live in lakes and


    rivers. They need fresh
    water.

    In Oklahoma we have no
    bodies of salt water but
    we have plenty of fresh
    water lakes and rivers.

    We have more man-made lakes


    than any other state.
    We have over 1 million surface
    acres of water.
    We have 2,000 more miles of
    shoreline than the Atlantic and
    Gulf coasts combined.

    lakes, but in some places


    there are fish farms. Fish
    farming is called
    aquaculture. Aquaculture is
    one of the fastest growing
    segments of US agriculture.

    Channel catfish is the


    primary species of farmraised fish in the US. The
    grandparents of most of the
    channel catfish raised in the
    US are probably from
    Oklahoma.

    Channel catfish can be


    grouped in one of four
    groups while at the farm.
    1.

    2.
    3.
    4.

    Brood Fish- the fish that


    produce the offspring.
    Fry- the newly hatched fish.
    Fingerlings- young catfish.
    Marketable Fish- fish that are
    about 18 months old and weigh
    between 1 and
    1 pounds.

    When catfish are 18 days old


    they are strong enough to be
    transferred to outdoor ponds.
    These ponds vary in size
    from 5-20 acres and are 4-5
    feet deep.

    The young fish are fed


    twice a day. Their food
    is made from soybeans,
    corn, wheat, and fish
    meal.

    to harvest, they are caught


    in nets and placed in
    aerated tank trucks for
    live shipment to processing
    plants.

    Interesting facts about


    channel catfish:

    They do not have


    scales.
    Their color
    depends on the
    color of water
    they live in.
    Catfish move
    mostly at night.
    During the day,
    catfish hide.

    They need oxygen to


    live.
    They use gills to
    breathe oxygen.
    Fish that are stressed
    or pursued by a
    predator need more
    oxygen than fish at
    rest.
    Fish provide us with
    protein.

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