The overall purpose of this study is to estimate how the rise in grain prices (especially corn prices) induced by ethanol production impacts U.S. catfish industry. Using monthly data from January 1996 to December 2007, an ARDL model and bounds testing procedure were used. The ex…
Channel catfish and common carp embryos were microinjected with mouse metallothionein human growth hormone fusion gene (MThGH), two constructs of RSV rainbow trout growth hormone cDNA (pRSVrtGHcDNA), RSV coho salmon growth hormone cDNA (pRSVcsGHcDNA) and rainbow trout vitellogen…
In 2015, Illinois changed size and harvest limits for catfishes (blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus, flathead catfish Pylodictis olivaris, and channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus) in the Ohio River to match those of neighboring states in order to provide continuity of the regulatio…
Desert fishes are some of the most threatened species in the world because of anthropogenic alterations and competition for limited freshwater. Among threatened desert fishes is the Yaqui Catfish, Ictalurus pricei , which is native to southwest United States and northwestern Mex…