Growth Performance Of Clarias Gariepinus Fed With Coppens At A Frequency Of Once And Twice Daily

GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF Clarias gariepinus FED WITH COPPENS AT A FREQUENCY OF ONCE AND TWICE DAILY CHAPTER ONE 1.0      INTRODUCTION Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms including fish, mulluscs, crustacean and aquatic plant is necessary to meet the protein need of Nigerians. Overtime, there has been increase in fish production in Nigeria. Despite this increase in fish production, the desired result has not been attained. Quantitatively, details of fish production as at 2005 stood at 490,600 tons (FAO, 2003) from the artisan fishery, 56,300 tons from industry fishery through the use of…