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Selected materials are listed below for those interested in knowing more about aquaculture and trout production.  The USTFA does not take responsibility for any information contained in these materials and makes no claims about their accuracy or reliability.  All of these materials were found on the internet.


 

Regional Aquaculture Centers

 

The Regional Aquaculture Centers encourage cooperative and collaborative research and extension education programs in aquaculture having regional or national application.  The mission of the Centers is to support aquaculture research, development, demonstration, and education to enhance viable and profitable U.S. aquaculture production to benefit consumers, producers, service industries, and the American economy.  

 

All documents listed on this page except the videos are either PDF or Word documents.  Click on the title to retrieve the document.

 

Southern Regional Aquaculture Center

 

Anesthetics in Aquaculture (2004)

Aquaculture - Realities and Potentials When Getting Started (1998)

Budgets for Trout Production - Estimated Costs and Returns for Trout Farming in the South (1990)

Calculating Area and Volume of Ponds and Tanks (1991)

Columnaris Disease - A Bacterial Infection Caused by Flavobacterium columnare (1998)

Control of Bird Predation at Aquaculture Facilities - Strategies and Cost Estimates (1997)

Controlling Bird Predation at Aquaculture Facilities - Frightening Techniques (2005)

Disease Prevention on Fish Farms (2007)

Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Aquaculture (2002)

Open Channel Flow in Aquaculture (1995)

Piping Systems (1994)

Pond Aeration (2005)

Powering Aquaculture Equipment (1995)

Protozoan Parasites (2003)

Rainbow Trout (1995)

Selecting the Proper Pump (1994)

The HACCP Seafood Program and Aquaculture (2004)

Toxicities of Agricultural Pesticides to Selected Aquatic Organisms  (2002)

Trout Farming - Carrying Capacity and Inventory Management (2000)

Trout Production - Feeds and Feeding Methods (1999)

Trout Production - Handling Eggs and Fry (2000)

 

North Central Regional Aquaculture Center

 

Is Aquatic Farming For You? (1991)

Trout Culture in the North Central Region (1993)

What is Whirling Disease? (2004)

 

Western Regional Aquaculture Center

 

Coldwater Bacterial Disease (2004)

 

 

Other Sources

 

Aquaculture Technical Series - Trout Production

Budget for Raising Trout in Pond Cages - WVU Extension

Disease Prevention on Fish Farms - MO Department of Conservation

FAO Report on Rainbow Trout

Manual for Rainbow Trout Production on the Family-Owned Farm (1991)

Raising Trout in Ponds in West Virginia - WVU Extension

Trout Egg Development - MO Department of Conservation

 

 

Books

 

Manual of Salmonid Farming - Stephen Willoughby, 1999

Nutrient Requirements and Feeding of Finfish for Aquaculture - edited by C.D. Webster and C.E. Lim, 2002

Principles of Salmonid Culture - William Pennell and Bruce A. Barton, 1996

Trout Farming Handbook - Stephen Drummond Sedgwick, 1995

 

Videos

 

SRAC DVD/VIDEOS

The DVD/videos listed below have been produced by the SRAC extension project with Texas A&M University serving as the Lead Institution.  Distribution is handled through the network of Aquaculture Extension Contacts and County Extension Agents in each state.  Please contact your State Extension Contact or local County Agent for availability and prices.  Or order videos directly from Texas A&M.  DVD/Videos are also available from Texas Cooperative Extension  at a cost of $20.00 within the United States.  For additional ordering information, call 979-845-7473 or FAX 979-845-7103.  Foreign orders should contact Texas A&M at 979-845-7473 before ordering as foreign orders, including postage, must be paid in advance in U.S. dollars.

 

Number

Title

DVD05

Trout Production in the South -- Primarily covers rainbow trout and also presents some information on brown trout.

DVD07

Water Quality Dynamics -- This video discusses some of the interrelationships of various water quality parameters as they affect fish production.

DVD08

Procedures for Water Quality Management -- Includes specific testing procedures and how to interpret some of the results obtained.

DVD09

Introduction to Water Quality Testing -- Aims to provide some of the knowledge of water quality which is essential to pond owners and aquaculturists. 

DVD12

Warmwater Finfish--Harvesting, Handling and Transport -- The present methods of harvesting, handling and transporting of catfish, baitfish, trout and hybrid striped bass are covered.  Emphasis is on the catfish industry but segments also depict other species differences.  Innovative as well as conventional methods are explained.  

DVD15

Aquaculture Processing Safety and Quality -- To preserve the safety and wholesomeness of aquaculture products requires careful processing.  Some of the steps and safeguards presently used in processing plants are described,

 

 

NCRAC DVD/VIDEOS

Contact the following to order the videos below; all videos are $20.

 

Ted Batterson - Director
North Central Regional Aquaculture Center,
Michigan State University
13 Natural Resources Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1222

(517) 353-1962
FAX: (517) 353-7181
batters2@msu.edu

 

Number

Title

NCRAC #103

Investing in Freshwater Aquaculture -- This is a 120 minute video regarding investing in freshwater aquaculture; Author: LaDon Swann

NCRAC #102

Aquacultural Marketing: A Practical Guide for Fish Producers --  This is a 19 minute video regarding aquacultural marketing; Authors: R. Pierce, R. Henderson, and K. Neils

 

 


 

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