Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program Aquaculture Publications

Technical Bulletins

NCRAC TB #102 $2.00

A Basic Overview of Aquaculture

By LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 1990. 11pp.

Discusses the history of aquaculture, water quality requirements, type of aquaculture, and different production systems. It is written for a general audience with little or no aquaculture experience.

NCRAC TB #107 $2.00

Niche Marketing Your Aquaculture Products

By LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Jean Riepe, Purdue University, 1992, 12pp.

Contains information on marketing competition, species selection, product, price, promotion and market location. It is written as a guide for niche marketing food fish, but the information will also be useful in marketing sportfish, baitfish or ornamental fish.

NCRAC TB # 110 $2.00

Cage Culture of Fish in the North Central Region

By LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Program, J.E. Morris, Iowa State University, Dan Selock, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Jean Riepe, Purdue University. 1994. 13 pp.

Contain information on site selection, cage construction, species selection, feeding, harvesting, marketing, over-wintering and management. The information will be useful to small pond or lake owners with ponds too deep to harvest using seines.

Proceedings of Workshops

CES-234 $4.50

Proceedings of the Midwest Regional Fish Cage Culture Workshop

Edited by LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 1990. 55pp.

Includes the proceedings from an August 1990 cage culture workshop. Sessions outlined include: site selection and water quality, species selection, cage construction, feeding, disease control, economics, and marketing.

CES 237 $5.00

Intensive Aquaculture: The Proceedings of the Regional Workshop on Commercial Fish Culture Using Water Reuse Systems

Edited by LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 1990. 61pp.

Contains the proceedings from a November 1990 intensive aquaculture systems workshop. Sessions outlined include: water quality for water reuse systems, operational considerations of water reuse for aquaculture, feeding fish in closed systems, and marketing aquaculture products.

CES 240 $15.00

Proceedings of the Second Regional Workshop on Commercial Fish Culture Using Water Recirculating Systems

Edited by LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 1991. 147pp.

Contains the proceedings from a November 1991 intensive aquaculture systems workshop. Sessions outlined include: biology of nitrifying bacteria, aeration and design considerations. current status on profits in recirculating systems, and wholesaling your product to fish brokers.

Videos

V-AS-18 $15.00

Something Fishy Videotape

By LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 1991. 12.5 mins.

Designed for the novice, "Something Fishy." illustrates what an aquaculturist should know about cage construction, stocking, feeding, harvesting, transport, marketing, potential problems, and choosing the right pond.

V-AS-20 $15.00

Fish Necropsy Procedures Videotape

By LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Randy White, Purdue University, 1992. 12.5 mins.

Produced to assist fish pathologists in identification of the external and internal anatomy of a fish. The video also demonstrates how to prepare and preserve tissue samples and four types of microscope slide preparation.

NCRAC Video #103

Investing in Freshwater Aquaculture

Video tape of two hour satellite teleconference. 1993. 2 hours. $15.00

Accurate information for those involved in or considering future in aquaculture. Also features some example of farms from the Midwest and South. Topics include: bait, sport, foodfish, and a segment on the status of commercial recycle systems.

Fact Sheets

By LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant, 1990-91.

These fact sheets provide useful information on these important aquaculture topics.

AS-458 The Use and Application of Salt in Aquaculture

AS-459 Diagnosis and Treatment of "Ich" or Whitespot Disease of Fish

AS-461 Diagnosis and Treatment of Aeromonas hydrophila infection of Fish

AS-462 Transport of Fish in Bags

AS-463 Diagnostic Services in Illinois and Indiana

AS-486 Water Sources Used in Aquaculture

AS-487 Analyzing the Profitability of Hybrid Striped Bass Cage Culture

AS-489 Reproduction of Angelfish (Pterphyllum scalare)

AS-492 AquaNIC (Aquaculture Network Information Center)

Single fact sheets are $1.00 each. When ordering up to 10 fact sheets, add 25 cents per copy. For orders of 10 or more, contact Purdue's Media Distribution Center (address on previous page).

To order copies of the following aquaculture materials, please send your request and check, made payable to Purdue University Media Distribution Center, Purdue University, 301 South Second Street, West Lafayette, IN 47905 or call 317/494-6794