Advancement of Hybrid Walleye Aquaculture

Duration:
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Description

The seventh Walleye Funded Project.  Chaired by Konrad Dabrowski

Objectives:

             1a. Carry out commercial-scale field trials for rearing hybrid walleye fingerlings to food size (25.4 cm; 10 in minimum) in tanks.

             1b. Carry out commercial-scale field trials for rearing hybrid walleye fingerlings to food size (25.4 cm; 10 in minimum) in ponds (at least three ponds at each site) at sites in the upper and lower portions of the North Central Region.

              2. Conduct producer training workshops on propagation of hybrid walleye.

Participants:

Principal Investigator/InstitutionObjectivesFunding
Konrad Dabrowski (Ohio State University) 1a & 1b$29,000
David A. Smith (Freshwater Farms of Ohio)      1a$19,000
Robert S. Hayward (University of Missouri-Columbia)      1b$24,000
Jeffrey A. Malison (University of Wisconsin-Madison)      1b$49,000
Ronald E. Kinnunen (Michigan State University)      2$6,000
 Total$127,000

Project Outline (329K pdf file)

Termination Report (158K pdf file)

Project Number: 7

Award Amount

$127000.00

Award Number

98-38500-5863