Funded Project #1 - Advancing Hybrid Striped Bass Culture in the North Central Region



Description

The first funded project for Hybrid Striped Bass. Chaired by Chris Kohler

Objectives:

  1. Obtain and maintain (in captivity) populations of spawning size white bass and striped bass.
  2. Define reproductive development in wild and captive white bass by characterizing seasonal changes in hormone titers and gonadal histology.
  3. Evaluate the effects of selected photoperiod/temperature and hormonal manipulations on gonadal development and spawning in white bass brood stock.

Participants:

Principal Investigator(s)/Institution Objectives

Funding

Christopher C. Kohler/Robert J. Sheehan (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)     1-3

$85,620

Terrence B. Kayes/Jeffrey A. Malison (University of Wisconsin-Madison)     1-3

$50,790

Total

$136,410

Project Outline (150K pdf file)

Report (98K pdf file)





Project Number: 1
Duration: 5/1/89 - 8/31/91
Funding Level: $136,410
Grant Number: 88-38500-3885 ($68,296) and 89-38500-4319 ($68,114)