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Culture Technology of Sunfish #2

Duration:
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(funded project 5)

Description

The fifth Sunfish Funded Project.  Chaired by Rob Hayward

Objectives:

1.  Conduct field trials of bluegill and F1 hybrid sunfish (female green sunfish x male bluegill) in commercial size production facilities defined as ponds >0.04 ha and indoor recycle systems in the upper and lower portions of the North Central Region.  A minimum of three replicates will be used in all pond and recycle system studies; commercial feeds to be used will be those identified in previous studies.

2.  Evaluate grading strategies to enhance grow out in commercial systems to market size (³227 g), including the culture potential of discards.

Participants:

Principal Investigator/InstitutionObjectivesFunding
Robert J. Sheehan (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale)     1$43,000
Joseph E. Morris (Iowa State University)     1$34,000
Robert C. Summerfelt (Iowa State University)     1$20,000
Ira R. Adelman (University of Minnesota)     1$29,000
Mark A. Sheridan (North Dakota State University)     1$42,000
Robert S. Hayward (University of Missouri-Columbia)     2$32,000
 Total$200,000

Project Outline (262K pdf file)

Report (Termination for Objective 1) (38K pdf file)

Report (Objective 2) (42K pdf file)

Project Number: 5

Award Amount

$199748.00

Award Number

99-38500-7376