TITLE:
Farming Features of African Bonytongue Fish Heterotis niloticus in Cameroon, Central Africa
AUTHORS:
Jeanne Wikondi, Ema Patrick Jolly Ngono, Algrient Towa Nana, Felix Meutchieye, Minette Eyango Tabi Tomedi
KEYWORDS:
Aquaculture, Characterization, African Bonytongue, Cameroon, Central Africa
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Animal Sciences,
Vol.13 No.2,
April
19,
2023
ABSTRACT: The characterization of African bonytongue Heterotis niloticus fish farming was
conducted in the Bi-modal agro-ecological zone of Cameroon from January to May
2021, Thirty-two
fish farmers were interviewed and SPSS 6.2 Version was used to analyse the
data. The results showed that the majority of fish farmers (81%) are men above
51 years, all of whom are Christians with more than fifty percent of them
married. About 43% of them have university level education, and more than 6% of
them considered the farming of Heterotis niloticus as their main income-earning activity. The
main objective of Heterotis niloticus farming is sales (50%) and the uses (56%) of waged labour. A majority of the
farmers produced reared African bonytongue in a polyculture system and 65% of
them raised Heterotis niloticus in derivation ponds.