NATR 150 - AQUACULTURE

Reading List

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Introduction to/Definition of Aquaculture

• Aquaculture Outlook, March 1999
• Draft of the National Development Aquaculture Plan
• U.S. Private Aquaculture Production for 1985-1997
• What Consumers Want: Advice for Food Fish Growers
• Seafood Market Trends
• Seafood Market Highlights
• A Basic Overview of Aquaculture

Inventory Methods

• Inventory Assesment Methods for Aquaculture Ponds

Ponds

• General information on aquaculture ponds including photos of construction equipment
• Construction of Levee-Type Ponds for Fish Production
• Watershed Fish Production Ponds: Site Selection and Construction
• Calculating Area and Volume of Ponds and Tanks
• In-Pond Raceways

Systems Engineering

• Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast
• Selecting the Proper Pump
• Piping System
• Open Channel Flow in Aquaculture
• Powering Aquaculture Equipment

WRS

• Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: An Overview of Critical Consideration
• Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: Management of Recirculating System
• Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: Component Option
• Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: Integrating Fish and Plant Culture
• Pond Recirculating Production Systems

Cage Culture

• What is Cage Culture?
• Cage Culture of Fish in the North Central Region
• Cage Culture: Site Selection and Water Quality
• Cage Culture: Cage Construction and Placement
• Cage Culture: Species Suitable for Cage Culture
• Cage Culture: Handling and Feeding Caged Fish
• Cage Culture: Cage Culture Problems
• Cage Culture: Harvesting and Economics

Water Quality

• An Introduction to Water Chemistry in Freshwater Aquaculture
• Water Quantity and Quality Requirements for Channel Catfish Hatcheries
• Nitrite in Fish Ponds
• Ammonia in Fish Ponds
• Interactions of pH, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalinity and Hardness in Fish Pond
• Carbon Dioxide in Fish Ponds

Aeration

• Pond Aeration
• Pond Aeration: Types and Uses of Pond Aeration Equipment

Water Treatment/Effluent

• State Policies for Aquaculture Effluents and Solid Wastes in the Northeast Region.
• Survey of Aquaculture Effluent Permitting and 1993 Standards in the South
• Characterization and Management of Effluents from Aquaculture Ponds in the Southeastern U.S

Hauling, Handling, Harvesting

• Transportation of Fish in Bags
• Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Equipment and Guideline
• Sorting and Grading Warm water Fish
• Transportation of Warm water Fish: Procedures and Loading Rate
• Transportation of Warm water Fish: Loading Rates and Tips by Species
• Harvesting Warm water Fish

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