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Publications

Sea Grant Publications

• Publications to Order - Alaska Sea Grant
• Getting to Know Your Catch - Lake Erie Salmonid Identification - Ohio Sea Grant Fact Sheet No. 31

Trout

• Rainbow Trout and (PDF 115k) - Illinois-Indiana AS-502
• Brown Trout - Fact Sheet - Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Lake Trout - Fact Sheet - Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Rainbow Trout - Fact Sheet - Wisconsin Sea Grant

Salmon

• Atlantic Salmon and (PDF 83k) - Illinois-Indiana AS-504
• Atlantic Salmon - Fact Sheet - Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Chinook Salmon - Fact Sheet - Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Coho Salmon - Fact Sheet - Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Pink Salmon - Fact Sheet - Wisconsin Sea Grant
• Restoration - Oregon Sea Grant's quarterly newsletter about salmon, coastal watersheds and people in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

RAC Publications

• Salmonid Egg and Fingerling Purchases, Production and Sales (PDF 92k) - NCRAC Technical Bulletin No. 103
• Trout Culture in the North Central Region (PDF 169k) - NCRAC Fact Sheet No. 108
• A White Paper on the Status and Needs of Salmonid Aquaculture in the North Central Region (PDF) - NCRAC
• Trout Production: Handling Eggs and Fry (PDF 204k) - SRAC Publication No. 220, revised 2000
• Budgets for Trout Production: Estimated Costs and Returns for Trout Farming in the South (PDF 84k) - SRAC Publication No.  221
• Trout Farming: Carrying Capacity and Inventory Management (PDF 75k) - SRAC Publication No. 222
• Trout Production: Feeds and Feeding Method (PDF 55k) - SRAC Publication No. 223, revised 1999
• Rainbow Trout (PDF 112k) - SRAC Publication No. 224
• Toxicities of Agricultural Pesticides to Selected Aquatic Organisms (PDF 433k) - SRAC publication No. 4600, January 2002

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution – A.C.T.E.D. Aquaculture Center for Training, Education and Demonstration

• Spotted seatrout (speckled trout) (PDF)
• Aquaculture Interactive - Produced by the media lab of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute.  The ultimate desktop resource for anyone interested in learning about the emerging significance of sustainable, environmentally responsible aquaculture for our future.  The CD-ROM contains 7 comprehensive units:  History of Aquaculture, Water Quality, Aeration, Filtration, and Disinfection, Culture Systems, Nutrition, Aquatic Health, and Environmental Issues

North Carolina State University Publications

• Commercial Trout Production Publications - General information and suppliers, health, nutrition, hatchery, facilities, harvesting and transportation, recipes, recreational pond management,
• What do I Need to Start a Trout Farm?

Other University Publications

• Trout Production - University of Georgia
• Homegrown Catfish and Trout and (PDF) - University of Georgia
• Manual for Rainbow Trout Production on the Family-Owned Farm (PDF) - by George Klontz, University of Idaho
• Infectious Salmon Anemia Info Bullet - University of Maine
• Sea Lice Information Bullets - University of Maine
• Retrovirus in Salmon Associated with Swim Bladder Sarcoma Info Bullets - University of Maine
• Producing Fish and Shellfish in Dredged Material Containment Areas - Mississippi State University
• Examining Phosphorus in Effluents from Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Aquaculture (PDF) - Rutgers Cooperative Extension, December 2003

Publications to Order through the World Aquaculture Society's (WAS) On-Line Store under WAS Books

• Aquaculture and the Environment in the United States - The first book produced by the United States Aquaculture Society, a chapter of the World Aquaculture Society; edited by Joe Tomasso, December 2001
• Aquaculture Economic Analysis: Volume II - Covers various methods of analysis applicable to economic research in aquaculture by Y. C. Shang, 1990
• Cryopreservation in Aquatic Species, Volume VII - A comprehensive overview of current practices for cryopreservation of gametes, embryos and larvae of aquatic species; edited by Dr. Terrence Tiersch and Dr. Patricia Mazik, 2000
• Microbial Approaches to Aquatic Nutrition in Environmentally Sound Aquaculture Production Systems - Contains review papers and reports of original research carried out in Australia, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.A. by leading experts on microbial ecology, water quality, pond dynamics, rumen ecosystems, wastewater treatment, and a variety of aquaculture production systems; edited by Cheng-Sheng Lee and Pat O'Bryen
• Journal of the World Aquaculture Society - A quarterly, peer-reviewed publication covering all aspects of the production of aquatic animals and plants for food; edited by Dr. Harry Daniels
• World Aquaculture, the Magazine - A quarterly magazine published by the World Aquaculture Society with each issue containing international aquaculture science and technology news as well as social, biological and financial information; editor-in-chief: Dr. Robert Stickney, editor: Colin Nash, layout editor: Amy Broussard, associate editor: Mary Nickum

Publications to Order through the World Aquaculture Society's (WAS) On-Line Store under NEW Products

• 2001 AES Issues Forum - Proceedings from the Aquacultural Engineering Society's Second Issues Forum, Clarion Hotel and Conference Center, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, November 11-14, 2001.  Provides 24 papers addressing aquaculture effluent treatment, pond production methods, net pen systems, ozone and UV treatment, and bacterial systems for aquaculture water treatment; edited by Steven T. Summerfelt, Barnaby J. Watten and Michael B. Timmons
• Avances en Nutricion Acuicola IV - Memorias IV Simposium Internacional de Nutrición Acuicola 15 al 18 de Noviembre de 1998, La Paz, BCS, México; editores: Roberto Civera Cerecedo, B.M. Claudia J. Perez Estrada, L. Elizabeth Cruz Suarez, and Denis Ricque Marie
• Bacterial Diseases of Fish - This book has been written as a standard text for students in aquaculture, veterinarians, fisheries scientists and microbiologists interested in diagnosis or management of fish diseases; edited by Valerie Inglis, Ronald J. Roberts, Niall R.Bromage
• Intensive Fish Farming - Explains many aspects of the technical and economic factors in intensive fish farming by Jonathan Shepherd and Niall Bromage

Publications to Order through the World Aquaculture Society's (WAS) On-Line Store under Other Books

• Manual of Salmonid Farming - Benchmark reference manual of technical aspects of salmon and trout farming; by Stephen Willoughby
• Handbook of Trout and Salmon Diseases, 3rd Edition - This new edition is greatly revised and provides a wealth of information on new and older diseases; by R.J. Roberts and C.J. Shepherd
• American and International Aquaculture Law - A comprehensive legal treatise and business handbook covering aquaculture of fishes, shellfish and aquatic plants by Henry D. McCoy III, 2000
• Aquacultural Engineering and Waste Management - Proceedings of the Aquaculture Expo VIII and Aquaculture in the Mid-Atlantic Conference held in June, 1995; edited by Dr. Michael B. Timmons
• Aquaculture Development: Progress and Prospects - Provides aquaculturists, policy-makers, administrators and scientists with a critical appraisal of the development and experiences of the industry to guide and assist in the formulation and implementation of plans and strategies for the future, by T. V. R. Pillay
• Anesthetic and Sedative Techniques for Aquatic Animals - The purpose of this handbook is to draw together the available information on sedation and anesthesia of fish; second edition, 1999 by Lindsay G. Ross and Barbara Ross
• Applied Fish Pharmacology - A reference manual for anyone involved in the selection of medicines for administration to fish by Keith M. Treves-Brown
• Encyclopedia of Aquaculture - The first and only comprehensive reference providing complete coverage of all key topics relevant to the practice of aquaculture; editor in chief, Robert R. Stickney, March 2000
• Environmental Management for Aquaculture - This book aims to bring the principles of wastewater treatment and other pollution control techniques for fish and shellfish farming to a wide audience of anyone who works in aquaculture or pollution control by Alex Midlen and Theresa Redding, 1998
• Farmed Fish Quality - Results of an international conference on Farmed Fish Quality held on 7-9 April 1999 - participants from academia to industry; edited by S. C. Kestin and P. D. Warriss
• Fish Disease Diagnosis and Treatment - A guide of the most commonly encountered fish diseases with the effective treatment by Edward J. Noga, 2000
• Fish Diseases and Disorders, Volume 1 - This volume is the first of three volumes on diseases and disorders of freshwater and marine fishes (fin and shellfish). Volume 1 deals with parasitic infections; edited by P.T.K. Woo, hardcover 1995 and reprinted 1999
• Fish Diseases and Disorders, Volume 2 - This volume provides a comprehensive discussion on the major non-infectious disorders in finfish; edited by J. F. Leatherland and P.T.K. Woo, 1998
• Fish Diseases and Disorders: Volume 3 - This comprehensive volume deals with the major viral, bacterial and fungal diseases in fin- and shellfishes; edited by P.T.K. Woo and D. W. Bruno, 1999
• Health Maintenance and Principal Microbial Diseases of Cultured Fishes - This book provides a holistic approach to the identification, prevention, and management of infectious diseases; by John A. Plumb
• Feed Management in Intensive Aquaculture - A guide to the management and use of formulated feeds in semi-intensive and intensive fish and shrimp culture by Stephen Goddard, 1995
• Food Intake in Fish - This most comprehensive book covers in depth all major aspects of food consumption by fish; edited by D. Houlihan, T. Boujard, M. Joblin, 2001
• Fundamentals of Aquacultural Engineering - This essential volume offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive information on aquaculture engineering available, compiling basic engineering information for aquaculture facilities in a single resource. It will enable the reader to design and operate aquaculture facilities that meet the needs of an increasing, yet competitive market for cultivated seafood products; edited by Thomas B. Lawson, 1994
• Fundamentals of Aquaculture - Fundamentals of Aquaculture covers all aspects of commercial aquaculture. The book is written as a college text and as a guide for the beginning fish farmer, but is also a good reference for the experienced fish farmer; by James W. Avault, 1996
• Handbook on Ingredients for Aquaculture Feeds - This Handbook aims for a better understanding of the food components that affect nutrition and feeding of cultured fishes and crustaceans; by Joachim Hertrampf and F. Piedad Pascual, 2000
• Hydrology and Water Supply For Pond Aquaculture - Provides a thorough, fundamental background on selected topics in hydrology, water supply and water supply systems for pond aquaculture; by Kyung H. Yoo and Claude E. Boyd, 1994
• Intensive Fish Farming - Explains many aspects of the technical and economic factors in intensive fish farming; by Jonathan Shepherd and Niall Bromage
• Marketing and Shipping Live Aquatic Products - This publication is the proceedings of an October 1996 conference addressing the strategies and information for marketing and shipping live aquatic animals needed by growers, harvesters, processors, and shippers; edited by Brian Faust and John Peters, 1997
• Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products - The Multilingual Dictionary of Fish and Fish Products has been compiled and published with a definite objective of promoting and facilitating international trade n fish and fish products by making available a comprehensive source of information for the names of those fish and fish products that are in commercial use internationally; prepared by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD/OCDE), 1995
• Nutrient Requirements and Feeding of Finfish for Aquaculture - This book provides a unique, complete coverage of current information on nutrient requirements, feed formulations and feeding practices of commercially important aquaculture species cultured around the world; edited by C.D. Webster and C.E. Lim, 2002
• Pond Aquaculture Water Quality Management - This book provides the most complete, up-to-date account of water quality and its management in aquaculture ponds; by Claude E. Boyd and C.S. Tucker, 1998
• Practical Genetics for Aquaculture - Practical Genetics for Aquaculture provides reviews of the fundamental theory and practical applications for genetic improvement in aquaculture; by Greg Lutz, 2001
• Proceedings of the Aquaculture Species Genome Mapping Workshop - Presentations from the first gathering of international genome scientists at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in May 1997; edited by Acacia Alcivar-Warren, Thomas D. Kocher, and Kim E. Harrison, 1999

Other Publications

General

• Molecular Genetics in Aquaculture and the Populations Structure of Finfish and Shrimps - by Iain McEwen, Reproduction and Genetics Group.
• USDA Aquaculture Reports - The Latest Reports on Aquaculture Situation and Outlook; Catfish and Trout Production
• Brief Life Histories of Over 30 Species of Food, Bait, Sport and Ornamental Fish
• Maryland Food Fish Market Survey - Bi-weekly
• Fish Farmer's Guide to Understanding Water Quality and (PDF 57k)
• Keys to a Successful Business Plan and (PDF 19k)

Trout

• Trout News, No. 32, July 2000 (PDF ) - Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science
• 1995 - 2002 reports on Trout Production - A product of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Salmon

• The Salmon Aquaculture Review Final Report - British Colombia Environmental Assessment Office
• Performance Evaluation of a Pilot Scale Land-Based Salmon Farm (PDF) - Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Province of British Columbia, June, 2003.
• Atlantic Salmon: A White Paper (PDF) - by Dave Gaudet, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, March 2002.
• Occurrence of an Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar, in the Bering Sea (PDF) - by Richard D. Brodeur and Morgan S. Busby, Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin 5(1):64-66. 1998.
• The Control of the Timing of Seasonal Reproduction in Salmonid Fish - by Clive Randall, Reproduction and Genetics Group.
• Photoperiodic Control of Smoltification in Atlantic Salmon - by Neil Duncan, Reproduction and Genetics Group.
• Environmental Interactions with Sea Cage Culture of Atlantic Salmon (PDF) - by B.T. Hargrave, G. Bugden, P. Keizer, T. Milligan, W. Silvert, P. Strain, and D. Wildish
• Estimating Run Size and Spawner Escapement of Chinook Salmon in Elk River, Curry County, for use as an Exploitation Rate Indicator for Mid Coastal Wild Chinook Stocks (PDF) - Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Salmon Aquaculture Review - British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office
• Bibliography of Resources Related to Salmon Fishing - List of Resources That Can be Used to Research Salmon
• New Mechanical Shock Sensitivity Units in Support of Criteria for Protection of Salmonid Eggs from Blasting or Seismic Disturbance (PDF) - Aquaculture Update No. 90, April 7, 2003, by C. Clarke, Pacific Biological Station
• Growout and Harvest Quality of Atlantic Salmon in a Sea System II Floating Bag (PDF) - Aquaculture Update No. 88, October 24, 2000, by C. Clarke, Pacific Biological Station
• Diseases of Seawater Netpen-Reared Salmonid Fishes (PDF) or order the Manual - Aquaculture Update No. 82, October 29, 1998, by C. Clarke, Pacific Biological Station
• Review of potential impacts of Atlantic salmon culture on Puget Sound chinook salmon and Hood Canal summer-run chum salmon evolutionarily significant units (HTM) or (PDF) U.S. Department of Commerce,
  NOAA Technical Memorandum, NMFS-NWFSC-53, 2002.
• The net-pen salmon farming industry in the Pacific Northwest (HTM) or (PDF) - U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-49, 2001.
• Infectious Salmon Anemia, Maine, USA  - Center for Emerging Issues Impact Worksheet, March 23, 2001.
• Infectious Salmon Anemia; Payment of Indemnity: 9 CFR Part 53, Interim Rule and Request for Comments (PDF) - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Federal Register, Vol. 67 No. 70, April 11, 2002.
• Infectious Salmon Anemia (HTM) or (PDF) - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Technical Note, January 2002.
• Alaska Sockeye Salmon Culture Manual (PDF) - Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Special Publication No. 6.
• Rebuilding Naturally Spawning Coho Stocks: An Assessment of Bycatch Reduction Measures and Spawning Escapement Stock Composition in the Southern Puget Sound (Fishery Management Area 13D-K) (PDF) - National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) NUMBER: 99-NWR-015, May, 2000.
• Sea Lice Treatment Chemicals for Cage Fish Farms:  Provisional Environmental Quality Standards for Azamethiphos (PDF) - Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Policy No. 17, Volume 2, November, 1998.
• Calcide (Teflubenzuron) - Authorisation for use as an In-Feed Sea Lice Treatment in Marine Cage Salmon Farms (PDF) - Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Policy No. 29, Version 1.1, July, 1999.
• SEPA Policy on the use of Cypermethrin in Marine Cage Fish Farming: Risk Assessment, EQS, and Recommendations (PDF) - Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Policy No. 30, Version 1, November, 1998.
• Policy on Regulation and Expansion of Caged Fish Farming of Salmon in Scotland (PDF) - Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), Policy No. 40, Version 1, September, 2000.  
• Emamectin Benzoate: An Environmental Risk Assessment (PDF) - Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), June, 1999.

Other Sites

General

• Asociación de Productores de Salmón y Trucha de Chile - directorio de Compañías chilenas productoras, Productos, Noticias, Links, Estadísticas, Publicidad
• Balta Island Seafare Ltd - Producers of organic farmed salmon and sea trout
• Whatcom Creek Hatchery and Fisheries Technology - Bellingham Technical College offers a 2 year Fisheries Technology program. Students run the Whatcom Creek Hatchery located at the mouth of Whatcom Creek in Bellingham Washington. Several web cams have been set up to observe developing salmon eggs, fish in a tank or in a pond, and a look into a salmon and trout hatchery
• TroutLodge - World renowned trout and salmon breeding specialists. Eyed salmonid eggs are our business
• Columbia River Salmon Passage - Model is an interactive, multiple window program that helps managers of water, hydropower, fisheries and recreation see the impact of their decisions on fish populations in the Columbia River
• Fishery Market Service (NMFS)
• Directory of Aquaculture Associations
• Seafood Datasearch - A source for seafood market information
• Pacific Regional Aquaculture Information Service for Education (PRAISE) Find It Yourself Online - Bibliographic databases, electronic publications, newsletters, magazines, reports, papers, and proceedings

Trout

• Trout World - Complete Site about Trout
• United States Trout Farmers Association
• Freshwater Solutions - Sustainable Organic Aquaculture (organic trout production) Trout fishery sustainable design systems. Consultants and Designers for Sustainable Organic Aquaculture. Argi-Tourism, Farm diversification for integrated aquaculture. Environmental and aquatic enhancement systems for sustainable production
• Commercial Trout Production in Western North Carolina
• Cantrell Creek Trout Farm - Located in Western NC. Cantrell Creek Trout Farm offers a regional trout stocking, service of Brook, Brown, and Rainbow trout; photographs of farm
• Hedley's Trout Farm - Rainbow Trout Hatchery. A privately owned trout farm site with lots of aquaclture pond information and fee fishing. Topics include, rainbow, brown, brook, pond maintenace,links, pictures
• Homestead Trout Farm & Hatchery - We raise and market Rainbow, Brook, Brown, and Golden Trout. Our farm located in, Grand Haven, MI, is ideally situated for production of superior quality trout
• Pure Springs Trout and Walleye Farm - Produces walleye & trout fingerlings, including nipigon, speckles

Salmon

• Abernathy Salmon Culture Technology - Main Objectives of the Center are to Develop Methods, Techniques, Products, Equipment and Practices That Will Improve and Enhance the Rearing of Pacific Salmon
• State Wide Salmon Enhancement and Hatcheries - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
• Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute - Excellent Site with Salmon Articles
• Atlantic Salmon Federation - News about Salmon
• Endangered Species Act: Salmon Listings - NOAA Fisheries
• Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center - Informative Paper on Atlantic Salmon
• Salmon Page - Riverdale School's Page Dedicated Salmon: How to Catch Them, Cook Them, Buy Them and Save Them
• Early life stages of the sockeye salmon - Gold Seal Seafoods
• The five species of salmon - Gold Seal Seafoods
• British Colombia Salmon Association - Informative Site on Different Aspects of Salmon
• Salmon Recipes - by All Recipes
• Buckmans Creek Fish Hatchery - Fresh water recirculation Atlantic Salmon Smolt rearing facility. Incorporates 95% water recirculation and is currently constructing a new facility to produce 600,000 smolts for the aquaculture industry in Atlantic Canada
• Heritage Salmon Company - Fully integrated salmon company. They are involved in every aspect of the production of salmon - own their own hatcheries, ocean pens, and processing plants
• Target Marine - Salmon farming enterprise in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Douglas Island Pink and Chum, Inc. - Douglas Island Pink and Chum,Inc. (DIPAC) is a non-profit salmon enhancement program in Southeast Alaska.  DIPAC raises all five species of pacific salmon for relase into Southeast Alaskan waters
• Fish Friends - The Atlantic Salmon Federation's Premier Education Program
• Prince William Sound Aquaculture - Private Non-Profit Salmon Enhancment Group
• Scottish Salmon Farming - Personal website with photo's and information on Salmon farming in the Scottish Highlands

Videos

• Regional Aquaculture Center Video List
• Salmon Farming Boom or Bust - Alaska Sea Grant
• Trout raceway - Quick Time movie
• Aquaculture and Fisheries Videos with emphasis on salmon - available at Oregon State University

Slide Sets

• World Fisheries - by Dr. Leonard Lovshin, Professor, Auburn University Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures.

Software

• Fishware Hatchery Data Management - Calculates and converts useful data in the hatchery such as fish, egg, and feed inventory, condition factor, feed conversion, and treatment calculators, etc.  Licensed software by Crystal Springs State Fish Hatchery; © 2001 by Craig P. Treat
• Incub Win:  A New Windows 95/98/NT Computer Program for Predicting Embryonic Stages in Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Trout (PDF) or HTM - Aquaculture Update No. 87, July 4, 2000, by C. Clarke, Pacific Biological Station

Photographs

Live Salmonids

• Atlantic Salmon
• Atlantic Salmon - Farmed
• Coho Salmon - Wild
• Rainbow Trout

Harvesting Salmonids

• Trout dry spawn
• Hatchery Pictures - Chilean Seafood Exchange

Processed Salmonids

• Processing Salmon - Chilean Seafood Exchange
• Salmon Products - Chilean Seafood Exchange
• Smoked Salmon

Photographs From Other Sites

• Arizona Aquaculture Photographs - List of Catfish, Salmonid, and Tilapia Photographs
• Eel River Salmon Restoration Project - Different Salmon Photographs
• Farm-raised Salmon Pictures - Chilean Seafood Exchange
• The Gallery - Photographs of Atlantic Salmon of Maine
• Growout Pictures - Chilean Seafood Exchange
• Gold Seal Seafoods - Photographs of Sockeye Salmon
• Trouts and Salmons - Wisconsin Sea Grant

Frequently Asked Questions

• Trout and Salmon Discussion Group

USDA Regional Aquaculture Extension Contacts
(select your state contact within your region)

• North Central Region
• Northeast Region
• Southern Region
• Western Region
• Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture