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South Region Aquaculture Center Publications

    Website:  http://www.msstate.edu/dept/srac/publicat.htm

Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
127 Experiment Station Road
P.O. Box 197
Stoneville, MS. 38776
Phone:  662-686-3285
Fax:  662-686-3320

Videos:

DVD01           Catfish Farming in the South
DVD02           Red Drum Aquaculture
V003               Crawfish Aquaculture in the South
DVD04           Alligator Aquaculture in the South
DVD05           Trout Production in the South
DVD06           Southern Hybrid Striped Bass
DVD07           Water Quality Dynamics
DVD08           Procedures for Water Quality Management
DVD09           Introduction to Water Quality Testing
DVD10           Induced Spawning of Fish
DVD11           Avian Depredation of Southern Aquaculture
DVD12           Warmwater Finfish--Harvesting, Handling and Transport
DVD13           Channel Catfish Spawning and Hatchery Management
V014               Can-Do Catfish DVD15
Aquaculture Processing Safety and Quality
V016               Crawfish--Always In Great Taste V017
Get Hooked on Rainbow Trout
DVD18          
Shrimp Farming
DVD19           Baitfish Culture in the South
DVD20           Freshwater Prawn Production

Note: All videos are $20 if purchased from Texas Cooperative Extension  which includes shipping and handling.  Call 979-845-7473 or FAX 979-845-7103 for orders. 

Fact Sheets:

 

Aeration

  • SRAC 372 Selecting the Proper Pump
  • SRAC 373 Piping Systems
  • SRAC 374 Open Channel Flow in Aquaculture
  • SRAC 375 Powering Aquaculture Equipment
  • SRAC 3700 Pond Aeration

 

Alligators

  • SRAC 230 Alligator Production: An Introduction
  • SRAC 231 Alligator Production: Breeding and Egg Incubation
  • SRAC 232 Alligator Production: Grow-out and Harvest

 

Aquatic Vegetation Control

  • SRAC 360 Aquatic Weed Management: Control Methods
  • SRAC 3600 Using Grass Carp in Aquaculture and in Private Impoundments
  • SRAC 3601 Aquatic Weed Management: Herbicide Safety, Technology and Application Techniques
  • SRAC 361 Aquatic Weed Management: Herbicides

 

Baitfish

  • SRAC 120 Common Farm-Raised Baitfish
  • SRAC 121 Baitfish: Feeds and Feeding Practices
  • SRAC 123 Feeding Practices for Baitfish
  • SRAC 124 Dietary Protein and Lipid Requirements of Golden Shiners and Goldfish
  • SRAC 1200 Growing Bull Minnows for Bait
  • SRAC 1201 Bait Shrimp Culture
  • SRAC 122 Baitfish Production: Enterprise Budget

 

Beginning Aquaculture

  • SRAC 441 Aquaculture: Realities and Potentials When Getting Started

o       SRAC 442 Small Scale, On-farm Fish Processing

 

Cage Culture

  • SRAC 160 What is Cage Culture?
  • SRAC 161 Cage Culture: Site Selection and Water Quality
  • SRAC 162 Cage Culture: Cage Construction and Placement
  • SRAC 163 Cage Culture: Species Suitable for Cage Culture
  • SRAC 164 Cage Culture: Handling and Feeding Caged Fish
  • SRAC 165 Cage Culture: Cage Culture Problems
  • SRAC 166 Cage Culture: Harvesting and Economics
  • SRAC 170 In-Pond Raceways


Catfish

  • SRAC 1802 Channel Catfish Broodfish Management
  • SRAC 180 Channel Catfish: Life History and Biology
  • SRAC 181 Feeding Catfish Commercial Ponds
  • SRAC 183 Processing Channel Catfish
  • SRAC 184 Processed Catfish: Product Forms, Packaging, Yields and Product Mix
  • SRAC 186 Channel Catfish:  Dietary Effects on Body Composition and Storage Quality
  • SRAC 187 Channel Catfish Production:  Impacts of Diet Composition and Feeding Practices
  • SRAC 188 Refinement of Vitamin Supplementation in Diets for Channel Catfish
  • SRAC 189 Restricted Feeding Regimes Increase Production Efficiency in Cannel Catfish
  • SRAC 190 Production of Hybrid Catfish
  • SRAC 191 Design and Construction of Degassing Units for Catfish Hatcheries
  • SRAC 192 Managing Off-Flavor Problems in Pond Raised Catfish
  • SRAC 1800 Costs of Small-Scale Catfish Production
  • SRAC 1801 Infestations of the Trematode Bolbophorus sp. in Channel Catfish
  • SRAC 1803 Channel Catfish Broodfish and Hatchery Management
  • SRAC 1805 Advances in Catfish Harvesting Gear: Seines and Live Cars
  • SRAC 1804 Managing Hatch Rate and Diseases in Catfish Eggs


Crawfish Production

o    SRAC 240 Crawfish Production: Production Economics, Pond Construction and Water Supply

o    SRAC 241 Crawfish Production: Production Systems and Forages

o    SRAC 243 Crawfish: A Healthy Choice!

o    SRAC 244 Australian Red Claw Crayfish

o    SRAC 2400 Crawfish Production: Harvesting

o    SRAC 2401 Semi-Intensive Production of Red Swamp Crawfish in Earthen Ponds without Planted Forage

o    SRAC 2402 Crawfish Aquaculture - Marketing

o    SRAC 2403 Procambarid Crawfish: Life History and Biology

Diseases

  • SRAC 472 Submitting a Sample for Fish Kill Investigation
  • SRAC 473 Use of Medicated Feed in Food Fish
  • SRAC 474 The Role of Stress in Fish Disease
  • SRAC 475 Proliferative Gill Disease (Hamburger Gill Disease
  • SRAC 476 Ich (White Spot Disease)
  • SRAC 477 ESC - Enteric Septicemia of Catfish
  • SRAC 478 Aeromonas Bacterial Infections - Motile Aeromonad Septicemia)
  • SRAC 479b Columnaris Disease: Flavobacterium Columnare
  • SRAC 4700 Saprolegniasis (Winter Fungus) and Branchiomycosis of Commercially Cultured Channel Catfish
  • SRAC 4701 Protozoan Parasites
  • SRAC 4702 Channel Catfish Virus Disease
  • SRAC 4703 Disease Prevention on Fish Farms

 

Fee Fishing

  • SRAC 479a Fee-Fishing: An Introduction
  • SRAC 480 Fee-Fishing Ponds: Management of Food Fish and Water Quality
  • SRAC 481 Development and Management of Fishing Leases
  • SRAC 482 Fee-Fishing: Location, Site Development and Other Considerations

 

Freshwater Prawns

  • SRAC 483 Freshwater Prawns: Biology and Life History
  • SRAC 4830 Economics of Freshwater Prawn Farming in the United States
  • SRAC 484 Pond Production of the Freshwater Prawn in Temperate Climates

 

General

  • SRAC 431 Testing Flavor Quality of Preharvest Channel Catfish
  • SRAC 432 The Cultivation of American Oysters
  • SRAC 434 Aquacultured Oyster Products:  Inspection, Quality, Handling, Storage, Safety
  • SRAC 435 Water Gardens
  • SRAC 436 Bullfrog Culture
  • SRAC 437 Production of Paddlefish
  • SRAC 438 Bighead Carp
  • SRAC 439 Pet Turtle Production
  • SRAC 4300 Extensive Culture of Crassostrea virginica in the Gulf of Mexico Region
  • SRAC 433 Biology and Culture of the Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria)
  • SRAC4301 Hard Clam Hatchery and Nursery Production
  • SRAC 4302 Oyster Hatchery Techniques

 

Harvesting, Holding and Hauling

  • SRAC 390 Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Equipment and Guidelines
  • SRAC 391 Sorting and Grading Warmwater Fish
  • SRAC 392 Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Procedures and Loading Rates
  • SRAC 393 Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Loading Rates and Tips by Species
  • SRAC 394 Harvesting Warmwater Fish
  • SRAC 395 Inventory Assesment Methods for Aquaculture Ponds
  • SRAC 3900 Anesthetics in Aquaculture
  • SRAC 3901 Components and Use of an In-Pond Fish Grading System

 

Induced Spawning

  • SRAC 421 Introduction to Hormone-Induced Spawning of Fish
  • SRAC 422 Capturing, Handling, Transporting, Injecting and Holding Brood Fish
  • SRAC 423 Determining Sexual Maturity of Broodstock for Induced Spawning of Fish
  • SRAC 424 Hormonal Control of Reproduction in Fish for Induced Spawning
  • SRAC 425 Hormone Preparation, Dosage Calculation, and Injection Techniques
  • SRAC 426 Techniques for Taking and Fertilizing the Spawn of Fish
  • SRAC 427 Induction and Verification of Triploidy in Fish

 

 

Largemouth Bass

  • SRAC 200 Largemouth Bass: Biology and Life History
  • SRAC 201 Culture of Largemouth Bass Fingerlings

 

Larval Culture

  • SRAC 700 Zooplankton Succession and Larval Fish Culture in Freshwater Ponds
  • SRAC 701 Culture of Small Zooplankters for the Feeding of Larval Fish
  • SRAC 702 Artemia Production for Marine Larval Fish Culture

 

Penaeid Shrimp Production

  • SRAC 260 Introduction of Exotic Shrimp:  Quarantine and Disease Inspection Methods
  • SRAC 2600 Opportunities and Constraints in Marine Shrimp Farming
  • SRAC 2601 Acclimating Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, to Inland, Low-Salinity Waters

 

Pond Construction

  • SRAC 100 Site Selection of Levee-Type Fish Production Ponds
  • SRAC 101 Construction of Levee-Type Ponds for Fish Production
  • SRAC 102 Watershed Fish Production Ponds: Site Selection and Construction
  • SRAC 103 Calculating Area and Volume of Ponds and Tanks
  • SRAC 104 Repairing Fish Pond Levees
  • SRAC 105 Renovating Leaky Ponds

     

Predators

  • SRAC 402 Control of Bird Predation at Aquaculture Facilities: Strategies and Cost
  • SRAC 401 Controlling Bird Predation at Aquaculture Facilities: Frightening Techniques
  • SRAC 400 Avian Predators at Aquaculture Facilities in the Southern United States

 

Preparation and Serving

  • SRAC 501 You Can Do Catfish
  • SRAC 501S El bagre es delicioso y nutritivo
  • SRAC 5000 Guidelines for Developing Aquaculture Research Verification Programs

 

Quality Control

  • SRAC 491 Microbiological Rinse Technique:  Basis for a New Quality Control Program
  • SRAC 4900 The HACCP Seafood Program and Aquaculture

 

Recirculating Systems

  • SRAC 454 Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: Integrating Fish and Plant Culture
  • SRAC 451 Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems:  An Overview of Critical Considerations
  • SRAC 452 Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems:  Management of Recirculating Systems
  • SRAC 453 Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems:  Component Options
  • SRAC 455 Pond Recirculating Production Systems
  • SRAC 4500 Partitioned Aquaculture Systems
  • SRAC 456 The Economics of Recirculating Tank Systems: A Spreadsheet for Individual Analysis
  • SRAC 4501 Constructing a Simple and Inexpensive Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) for Classroom Use

 

Red Drum Production

  • SRAC 320 Red Drum: Biology and Life History
  • SRAC 321 Red Drum: Site Selection and Pond Construction
  • SRAC 322 Red Drum: Production of Food Fish
  • SRAC 323 Red Drum: Brood Stock and Hatchery Production
  • SRAC 324 Red Drum: Production of Fingerlings and Stockers

 

Small Scale Marketing

  • SRAC 350 Small-Scale Marketing of Aquaculture Products

 

 

Software

  • SRAC 381 Developing Business Proposals for Aquaculture Loans

 

Species Profiles

  • SRAC 7202 Species Profile: Cobia
  • SRAC 7205 Species Profile: Hybrid Sunfish
  • SRAC 721 Species Profile: Grouper Aquaculture
  • SRAC 722 Species Profile: Largemouth Bass
  • SRAC 723 Species Profile: Bigmouth Buffalo
  • SRAC 724 Species Profile: Sunfish
  • SRAC 725 Species Profile: Mutton Snapper
  • SRAC 726 Species Profile: Southern Flounder
  • SRAC 7200 Species Profile: Production of Sturgeon
  • SRAC 7201 Species Profile: Koi and Goldfish
  • SRAC 7203 Species Profile: Queen Conch, Strombus gigas
  • SRAC 7204 Species Profile: Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens
  • SRAC 7206 Species Profile-Florida Pompano

 

Striped Bass Production

  • SRAC 300 Hybrid Striped Bass: Biology and Life History
  • SRAC 301 Hybrid Striped Bass: Hatchery Phase
  • SRAC 302 Hybrid Striped Bass: Fingerling Production in Ponds
  • SRAC 303 Hybrid Striped Bass: Pond Production of Foodfish
  • SRAC 304 Improving Feeds for Hybrid Striped Bass
  • SRAC 3000 Hybrid Striped Bass Production in Ponds - Enterprise Budget

 

Tilapia Production

  • SRAC 280 Pond Culture of Tilapia
  • SRAC 281 Cage Culture of Tilapia
  • SRAC 282 Tank Culture of Tilapia
  • SRAC 283 Tilapia: Life History and Biology

 

Treatments

  • SRAC 410 Calculating Treatments for Ponds and Tanks
  • SRAC 4100 Liming Ponds for Aquaculture

 

Trout

  • SRAC 224 Rainbow Trout
  • SRAC 220 Trout Production: Handling Eggs and Fry
  • SRAC 221 Budgets for Trout Production: Estimated Costs and Returns for Trout
  • SRAC 222 Trout Farming: Carrying Capacity and Inventory Management
  • SRAC 223 Trout Production: Feeds and Feeding Methods


Water Quality

  • SRAC 460 Control of Clay Turbidity in Ponds
  • SRAC 461 Water Quantity and Quality Requirements for Channel Catfish Hatcheries
  • SRAC 462 Nitrite in Fish Ponds
  • SRAC 463 Ammonia in Fish Ponds
  • SRAC 464 Interactions of pH, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalinity and Hardness in Fish Ponds
  • SRAC 466 Algae Blooms in Commercial Fish Production Ponds
  • SRAC 467 Cost of Alternative Effluent Treatments for Catfish Production
  • SRAC 468 Carbon Dioxide in Fish Ponds
  • SRAC 469 Fertilization of Fish Fry Ponds
  • SRAC 470 Characterization and Management of Effluents from Aquaculture Ponds in the Southeastern United States
  • SRAC 471 Fertilization of Fish Ponds
  • SRAC 4600 Toxicities of Agricultural Pesticides to Selected Aquatic Organisms
  • SRAC 4601 Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Aquaculture
  • SRAC 4602 Pond Mixing
  • SRAC 4603 Managing Ammonia in Fish Ponds
  • SRAC 4604 Managing High PH in Freshwater Ponds

Final Project Reports:

 

  • SRAC 600 Characterization and Management of Effluents from Aquaculture Ponds in the Southeastern U.S.
  • SRAC 601 Analysis of Regional and National Markets for Aquacultural Food Products in the Southern Region
  • SRAC 6000 Effects of Nutrition on Body Composition and Subsequent Storage Quality of Farm-raised Channel Catfish
  • SRAC 6001 Aquaculture Food Safety Residues
  • SRAC 6002 Verification of Recommended Management Practices for Major Aquaculture Species

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