Description
A project on management (biological, chemical,physical) of snails for grub control. This project is chaired by Gregory W. Whitledge, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.
The objectives of this project are:
1. Investigate one or more methods of potentially useful approaches to snail population management and/or grub control. The methods of greatest interest include those that will be effective, economical, and approvable by state and federal regulators at commercial production scale. These methods will include reviewing what has been done elsewhere and designing studies that will address the NCRAC conditions, especially in pond systems for the production of economically important food fish for the region. Attempts will be made to investigate and refine these methods.
2. Assemble an updatable snail management guide which includes a literature review of known control options, a method of determining snail infestation levels in any water system, and a set of standard operating procedures to reduce snail populations and trematode infestations based on the research cited in Objective 1.
Participants:
| Principal Investigator(s)/Institution | Objectives | Funding |
| Gregory W. Whitledge (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale) | 1 | $121,340 |
| Christopher F. Hartleb & Todd Huspeni (University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point) | 1 | $83,160 |
| Joseph E. Morris & Richard D. Clayton (Iowa State University) | 2 | $20,500 |
| Total | $225,000 |
Non-funded Collaborators:
| Facility | Collaborator |
| Blue Iris Fish Farm | Bill West |
| Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection | Myron Kebus |
Project outline (178K)
Progress Report (150k)
Termination Report (173k)
Snail Management 2014 Annual Report_0.pdf
Award Amount
$225000.00
Award Number
2007-38500-18469