Towards Sustainability in Seed Supply for African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus (Burchell, 1822) Culture in Kenya: Lessons from Asian Catfishes Industry

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Total tonnage of farmed Pangasianodon hypophthalmus produced in and exported by Vietnam, 2005–2021. There was a rapid increase in annual production from about 2005, mainly due to intensive production to meet demand from increasing export markets. Exports of the commodity rose steeply between 2005 and 2008, before a decline from 2009, mainly because of antidumping laws in the USA against Vietnamese P. hypophthalmus. There was a steep decline in export volumes from 2013, ranging from 1,186 to 2,261 tonnes annually between 2014 and 2021, mainly because of declining markets and a drop in prices by up to 35%. Source: [15, 59, 62, 63].