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Northeastern Region Aquaculture Center Publications

Website:  http://www.nrac.umd.edu/publications/index.cfm 

Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
University of Maryland
2113 Animal Sciences Building
College Park, MD 20742-2317
Phone: 301-405-6085
Fax. 301-314-9412
Email: nrac@umd.edu

Videos:

o       Cage Culture: Raising Fish in Ponds 24:38

o       Farming Fish in Open Ponds 24:06

o       Producing Striped Bass in Hatcheries 25:00

o       Biosecurity in Aquaculture: Practical Steps for Healthy Fish 15:38

o       INAD Workshop - Boston, MA, 18 March 1993 282:00

o       Farming the Waters 1997 30:00

o       Northeast Aquaculture

o       Faces of Aquaculture 30:00

o       Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Research Database 2004
 

Fact Sheets:

 Business Planning and Marketing

o       NRAC #101  Is Aquatic Farming For You?  (HTML)

o       NRAC #102  Initial Questions the County Agent Can Ask the Prospective Fish Culturist 

o       NRAC #150  Business Planning For Aquaculture Is It Feasible?  (PDF or HTML)

o       NRAC #00-005  HACCP Guide for the Aquaculture Industry  (PDF)  

o       NRAC #101-2008   Planning for Success in Your Aquaculture Business (PDF)

o       NRAC #107-2008   Aquaculture Risk Management (PDF)

 Aquaculture Species and Systems

o       NRAC #120 Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast  (PDF or HTML)  

o       NRAC #130 Aquaculture Species for the Northeast  (PDF or HTML)   

o       NRAC #102-2008   Freshwater Aquaculture Species for the Northeast (PDF)

o       NRAC #103-2008   Marine Aquaculture Species for the Northeast (PDF)

o       NRAC #104-2008   Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast (PDF)

 Finfish Cultue

o       NRAC #111 General Fish Health Management  (PDF

o       NRAC #112 A Manual for Nonlethal Surgical Procedures to Obtain Tissue Samples for use in Fish Health Inspection (email ssadams@umd.edu for printed copy)

o       NRAC #113 (Replaced by #106-2008) Fish Health Inspections: What are they?  NRAC #106-2008  

o       NRAC #140 Processing and Marketing Aquacultured Fish  (PDF or HTML)

o       NRAC # 221 Fish Counting and Measurements in Situ: A Technology Assessment 

o       NRAC #222 Evaluation of Artificial Diets for Cultured Fish  (PDF)

o       NRAC #00-001 Diseases of Cultured Flatfish: Diagnosis and Prevention  (PDF)

o       NRAC #106-2008   Fish Health Inspections (PDF)

Shellfish Culture

o       NRAC #160 Growing Microalgae to Feed Bivalve Larvae  (HTML) (PDF)

o       NRAC #180 Major Predators of Cultured Shellfish  (PDF)

o       NRAC #200 History & Impact of MSX & Dermo Diseases on Oyster Stocks in the Northeast Region  (PDF)

o       NRAC #210 Genetic Improvement of the Eastern Oyster for Growth & Disease Resistance in the Northeast  (PDF

o       NRAC #220 Producing Oyster Seed by Remote Setting (PDF

o       NRAC #00-002 Nursery Growout Methods for Aquacultured Shellfish  (PDF) 

o       NRAC #00-007 Control of Predators on Cultured Shellfish: Exclusion Strategies  (PDF)

o       NRAC #00-008 The effect of UV Irradiation on Perkinsus marinus and its potential use to reduce transmission via shellfish effluents (PDF)

o       NRAC #02-001 Shellfish producers quality assurance program

 Water Quality and Waste Management

o       NRAC #170 An Introduction to Water Chemistry in Freshwater Aquaculture  (PDF or HTML)

o       NRAC #300 State Policies for Aquaculture Effluents and Solid Wastes in the Northeast Region

o       NRAC #00-003 Aquaculture Effluents: A Guide for Water Quality Regulators and Aquaculturists  (PDF) 

o       NRAC #105-2008   Environmental Effects of Shellfish Aquaculture in the Northeast (PDF) 

Other NRAC Publications:

NRAC White Papers:

o       A Review of Open-water Production Systems, Engineering and Technology

o       Land-Based Aquaculture Production Systems, Engineering and Technology: Opportunities and Needs

o       Aquaculture Marketing Analysis and Opportunities in the Northeast Region

o       A Review of Operating Economics and Finance Research Needs

o       A Review of Legal and Policy Constraints to Aquaculture in the US Northeast

NRAC Bulletins:

  • NRAC # 101 Pen-Reared Salmonid Industry in the Northeastern United States (available upon request from Dr. James Anderson, 401-792-4568)
  • The Northern Quahog: The Biology of Mercenaria mercenaria
  • Product Attributes Affecting Cultured Hard Clam Purchase Decisions
  • NRAC Northeast Region Aquaculture Industry-Situation and Outlook report, November 1993
  • NRAC Northeast Region Aquaculture Industry-Situation and Outlook report 1994-1995, June 1996
  • NRAC Aquaculture and the Marine Environment. The Shaping of Public Policy
NRAC Consumer Preferences for Northeastern Aquaculture Products: Report of the Results from a Survey of Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic Consumers
 

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