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- SRAC releases REQUESTS FOR PRE-PROPOSALS
in the following areas:
- Development of Management Options Against
Epidemic Aeromonas hydrophila
- Identification and Removal of Adhesive Proteins from Goldfish and
Baitfish Eggs and Egg Masses
- Improvement of BlueCatfish Germplasm for Hybrid Catfish Production
- Implementation of Collective Action Alternatives Identified for the U.S.
Catfish Industry
- Split-Pond Aquaculture Systems: Design Refinements for Catfish Production
and Evaluation for Culturing other Species
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- SRAC 24th ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT --
Includes comprehensive reports on the following multi-year research and extension projects
supported by SRAC during the past year.
- Publications, Videos and Computer Software
- Improving Reproductive Efficiency of Cultured Finfish
- Using National Retail Databases to Determine market Trends for Southern
Aquaculture Products
- Evaluation of Impacts of Potential "Cap and Trade" Carbon
Emission Policies on Catfish, Baitfish, and Crawfish Farming
- Development and Evaluation of Cool Water Crawfish Baits
- Identifying Determinants for Development of Live Market Grading Standards
for Crawfish
- Potential Marketing Structures for the Catfish Industr
- Reproduction and Larval Rearing of Freshwater Ornamental and Marine
Baitfish
- Effects of Mosquito Abatement Pesticides on Various Life Stages of
Commercially Important Shellfish Aqua. Species in the South
- Development of Baitfish, Goldfish and Ornamental Fish Hatchery Methods
Also check the recent additions to the list of Research Publications
for each of these projects.
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- RESULTS AT A
GLANCE... Outstanding facts and impacts attributable to research work
conducted on some of our SRAC projects.
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- USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service (APHIS) has released the initial report of their 2010 Catfish health
survey as part of their National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS). Part I:
Reference of Catfish Health and Production Practices in the United States, 2009 and other
information on the study can be found at the following URL:
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/nahms/aquaculture/index.shtml
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- ERS Aquaculture Outlook
The USDA Economic Research Service publishes its Aquaculture Outlook twice
yearly. It examines the U.S. aquaculture industry, including production, inventory,
sales, prices, inputs and trade of catfish, trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish,
shrimp, ornamental fish and new species. The latest Aquaculture Outlook can be
accessed at the following URL:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/documentInfo.do?documentID=1375
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- USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) has
released its latest data on domestically grown catfish and trout and U.S. imports and
exports of fish and shellfish. This data product provides statistics on domestically grown
catfish and trout and U.S. imports and exports of fish and shellfish that may be products
of aquaculture, such as salmon, shrimp, and oysters.
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