Enterprise Budgets for Yellow Perch Production in Cages and Ponds in the North Central Region, 1994-95


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This study, Enterprise Budgets for Yellow Perch Production in Cages and Ponds in the North Central Region, 1994-95, reports the results of an investigation into the costs of culturing yellow perch for the food fish market in the North Central Region (NCR). Enterprise budgets were developed for both cage and pond production systems at two size levels, 5,000 and 50,000 pounds of production. Because only a handful of established yellow perch aquaculture operations currently exist in the NCR, hypothetical production systems were modeled. Production values used in the budgets (e.g., feed conversion ratio, death loss, stocking rate) were based on the expert opinion of research and extension personnel at various universities in the NCR who are familiar with yellow perch.
Published: May 1997
Publication Number: Technical Bulletin #111
Author: Jean Rosscup Riepe