Aquaculture
In a time when fish from oceans and other waterways are being harvested at unsustainable rates, aquaculture has become the fastest growing food production industry in the world, and a major industry in the United States. But less than one percent of the farm-raised seafood consumed in the U.S. is produced in the Midwest. Through workshops, educational materials, and one-on-one interactions, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant is helping aquaculture producers in the two states define markets and create value-added opportunities for their products.
News
- Asian carp solutions: Take them to market
- The HELM: Seed grant funding helps projects bloom
- Summer aquaculture workshops offer on-farm training
- Urban Aquaculture/Aquaponics Workshop - May 8, 2010
- The HELM: Sea Grant fosters new Aquaculture markets in Ghana, Kenya
- Learn Urban Fish Farming at Upcoming Workshop
Initiatives
AquaNIC
This web-based resource provides links to thousands of state, national and international publications, newsletter, visual media, calendars, job services, directories and specialty sections for aquaculture species and production systems.
Aquaculture Economics & Marketing Resources
This web-based GIS decision system is designed to improve comprehensive land use planning so that economic, ecological, social, and cultural resources are integrated with future development in a sustainable way.
Growing Aquaculture in Indiana
IISG, Indiana Soybean Alliance, Purdue University, and the Indiana Aquaculture Association, Inc. have launched a strategic initiative to grow the Indiana aquaculture industry. The initiative is designed to integrate and coordinate Indiana’s aquaculture policies, research, and outreach to advance aquaculture production in the state.
Research Projects
Stress Tolerance and Immunocompetence of Sunshine Bass: Use of Natural Source Vitamin E as a Nutriceutical in Aquaculture
Jesse Trushenski, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Targeted Inactivation of the Fish Aromatase Gene
Paul Collodi, Purdue University
More IISG Aquaculture research projects
Products
Aquaculture video: cage culture in Indiana
The Aquaculture Marketing Handbook
A Guide to Marketing for Small-Scale Aquaculture Producers
More Aquaculture products
Web Links
USDA Regional Aquaculture Centers
- North Central (NCRAC)
- Western (WRAC)
- Southern (SRAC)
- Northeastern (NRAC)
- Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA)
Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility-Wisconsin
Ohio Center for Aquaculture Development
Indiana Fish Farming Information
Purdue University Aquaculture
Michigan Aquaculture
