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Culture Technology of Centrarchids (Sunfish)

Duration:
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Description

The third Sunfish Funded Project.   Chaired by Don Garling

Objectives:

1. Produce a production manual, accompanying videos and other information as necessary to demonstrate the technology for culturing centrarchids.

2. Determine the major nutritional requirements for centrarchids and to compare their growth and performance using available commercial feeds in laboratory and field settings.

3. Determine the best feeding management strategies for culturing centrarchids in laboratory and field settings.

Participants:

Principal Investigator(s)/Institution Objectives

Funding

Terrence B. Kayes (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)       1

$8,000

Donald L. Garling (Michigan State University)     1 & 2

$41,000

Christopher C. Kohler (Southern Illinois University- Carbondale)        2

$31,000

Joseph E. Morris (Iowa State University)     1 & 3

$24,000

Paul B. Brown (Purdue University)        2

$40,000

Robert S. Hayward/Douglas B. Noltie (University of Missouri)        3

$11,563

Fred P. Binkowski (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)        3

$17,999

 

Total

$173,562

Project Outline (269K pdf file)

Report (Termination for all objectives) Sunfish (54K pdf file)

Project Number: 3

Award Amount

$173562.00

Award Number

94-38500-0048