This workbook, comprised of both the teacher and student editions, presents guidelines useful for first-year catfish farmers in Oklahoma using pond or cage cultures to raise channel catfish. The teacher edition is a set of unit guidelines only. Contents include a list of suggested readings, important addresses with types of information available from these sources, a listing of unit titles and unit sections in the student edition, a listing of unit worksheets in the student edition, and guidelines for each of the eight units: thinking about catfish culture; marketing; managing water supplies; planning production facilities; growing food fish; controlling catfish diseases and parasites; controlling predators, trash fish, and pests; and harvesting fish. The student edition begins with a list of suggested readings and important addresses, and presents the eight units. Each unit consists of: a list of unit objectives, content outlines, worksheets, and a unit review. (YLB)