2006 Annual Report 1.What major problem or issue is being resolved and how are you resolving it (summarize project aims and objectives)? How serious is the problem? Why does it matter? This report serves to document research conducted under a Specific Cooperative Agreement between ARS and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. Addional details of research can be found in the report for the inhouse project 6402-31000-008-00D, Catfish Genetics, Breeding, and Physiology. Progress conluded with the 2005 Annual Report, but was not terminated because of financial management reasons. See 2005 Annual Report for last reported progress.