PROJECT: DELINEATION
AND EVALUATION OF CATFISH
AND BAITFISH POND CULTURE PRACTICES
The following items are available from your local state extension contact or from Greg Clary, P.O. Box 38, Overton, TX 75684; phone 903-834-6191; fax 903-834-6257; g-clary@tamu.edu. (There may be a charge, so please contact before ordering.)
1. PESCAT Handbook (Fingerlings, Food Fish or Combination) containing the following fact sheets:
- What PESCAT Is and Is Not (Clary)What You Need to Get Started and Who Can Help (Clary and Hnatt)
- Errors in Estimating Fingerling Numbers and Value: The Black Hole Begins on Paper (Lutz and Hymel)
- Inventory and Other Data Worksheets for Financial Statement Accrual Adjustments (Clary)
- Depreciation of Broodfish for Tax Reporting-When and When Not to Depreciate (Hnatt and Clary)
- Developing, Reviewing and Using the Depreciation Schedule (McGrann, Lovell and Ewing)
- Performance Based Borrowing (Klinefelter)
- Change in Owner's Equity (McGrann)
- Doing the Right Thing: Decision Making for Agricultural Families (Doye)
- A Performance Evaluation Standards for Commercial Catfish Operations-Summary Analysis Worksheets (Foodfish/Fingerlings) (Hnatt and Clary)
- Suggested Methods for Allocating Overhead Costs (Clary)
- Chart of Accounts for Managers of Commercial Catfish Operations (Clary)
- Inventory Assessment Methods for Catfish Ponds (Van Wyk, Masser, Heikes, and Killian)
- Financing Commercial Aquaculture Operations (Klinefelter and Clary)
- Construction, Operating Costs and Cash Flow Templates for Catfish (Food Fish) Production Systems (Clary)
2. PESCAT software is a program written in Access and compiled so anyone with at least Windows 3.1 can run it. It contains user friendly forms for inputting data and reporting results. Considerable help is included within the program so the user can find information about PESCAT guidelines without referring to the Handbook. All data sheets and summary analysis forms are also available on Lotus™ spreadsheets.
The following publications are available from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff extension faculty at 1200 N. University Drive, P.O. Box 4912, Pine Bluff, AR 71611; phone 870-543-8537.
1. Brown, D.W., C.R. Engle, N.M. Stone, L.W. Dorman, and E.D. Park. 1995. Guidelines for production and financial performance analysis of commercial golden shiner production systems. Cooperative Extension Program, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
2. Brown, D.W., C.R. Engle, N.M. Stone, L.W. Dorman, and E.D. Park. 1995. Guidelines for production and financial performance analysis of commercial goldfish production systems. Cooperative Extension Program, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
3. Brown, D.W., C.R. Engle, N.M. Stone, L.W. Dorman, and E.D. Park. 1995. Guidelines for production and financial performance analysis of commercial fathead minnow production systems. Cooperative Extension Program, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
4. Engle, C.R., N. Stone, L. Dorman, E. Park, and D. Brown. Under review. Standard production and financial performance analysis for baitfish (BAITSPECS): a test of its usefulness on Arkansas baitfish farms. Cooperative Extension Program, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
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