Kindly sensitise the public on need to grow African catfish apart from the common Nile tilapia. African catfish has also other special attributes making it superior to Nile tilapia. The Kenya catfish can grow in all climatic conditions unlike Nile tilapia whose growth is challenged in areas with very low temperature. In semi-intensive aquaculture feeding, African catfish is very cheap compared to Nile tilapia. Finally, African catfish has faster growth rate and grows to heavy weights of up to 5kg unlike Nile tilapia.

Source: Daily Nation November 05, 2018 15:56 UTC