Recirculating aquaculture systems can handle large quantities of fish in relatively small volumes of water. The water is reused after its treated to remove toxic waste products. Plants are an ideal secondary crop in integrated systems because they respond to the high levels of dissolved nutrients generated from the microbial breakdown of fish wastes. (PDF Format Only)

A well-designed recirculating aquaculture system offers a number of advantages over pond systems. This publication and accompanying spreadsheet are designed to help prospective recirculating system operators examine the economics of proposed systems.

This publication was designed to serve as a guide to aquaculture-related red drum (redfish) literature. The intended audience includes red drum producers as well as potential producers, investors and lenders.

General information about techniques used in hatcheries to produce hybrid striped bass are covered by this publication.

Fingerling culture ponds are usually smaller than ponds used for grow out. The advantages to this practice, as well as food, water quality and harvesting requirements, are outlined in this publication.

The hybrid striped bass has becomea highly desirable substitute for the declining striped bass seafood industry. Aquaculturists have found these hybrids well-suited to pond culture,and current research is helping to improve culture techniques.

This publication features a sample enterprise budget showing annual cost and return information and capital investment requirements for raising hybrid striped bass. It is based on recommended management practices and conservative estimates of hybrid yield, prices and cost for pond production in the southern region.

Striped bass and hybrid striped bass, in particular, have potential for culture in the United States as foodfish. Before embarking into this area of aquaculture, producers should know the biology and history of this fish.

These studies show that diets for Morone hybrids may be refined by decreasing the dietary protein level, using alternate protein sources, and increasing carbohydrate in the diet.

Efforts to collect wild broodfish for hatchery production of red drum fingerlings are usually most successful during or just before the fall spawning period, although some success may be realized at other times.