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Culture Technology of Sunfish #2

Duration:
-

(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/Institution Objectives

Funding

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