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Advancement of Yellow Perch Aquaculture #6

Duration:
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(funded project 6)

Description

The sixth Yellow Perch Funded Project.   Chaired by Jeff Malison

Objectives:

  1.  With the goal of larval intensive yellow perch feeding in tanks from the onset of first feeding, continue to develop methods to produce fingerlings.

  2.  Increase growth rates of yellow perch greater than 150 mm (6”) by evaluating diets, feeding strategies, environmental manipulation, and mono-sex/bi-sex comparisons.

  3.  Develop out-of-season spawning methods for yellow perch.

Participants:

Principal Investigator(s)/InstitutionObjectivesFunding
Donald L. Garling (Michigan State University)   1 & 2$39,360
Konrad Dabrowski (Ohio State University)      1$19,200
Paul B. Brown (Purdue University)   1 & 2$48,000
Robert S. Hayward (University of Missouri)      2$24,000
Jeffrey A. Malison (University of Wisconsin-Madison) 1, 2 & 3$55,040
Fred P. Binkowski (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)      3$0
 Total$185,600

Project Outline (293K pdf file)

Termination Report (63K pdf file)

Project Number: 6

Award Amount

$185458.00

Award Number

97-38500-3957