It is profitability to feed pond-cultured Asian catfish ("hito") with a formulated diet containing 34 percent crude protein (CP). This was found in a study done by Eliseo Coniza, Mae Catacutan, and Josefa Tan-Fermin, researchers of the Tigbauan, Iloilo-based Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD). In recent years, the native catfish has been observe to disappear in Philippine waters, including those in Iloilo.

Crude protein in hito feed improves profitability. (2000, April 17). Daily Informer, p. B1.