Finfish Aquaculture Workbook Series

The Finfish Aquaculture Workbook Series is a selection of fact sheets that provide information on fish farm and pond management. The series contains the following eight fact sheets, each focusing on different issues of finfish maintenance:

: Fact Sheet 1. Fish Culture in Maryland: Weighing the Pros and Cons
Fact Sheet 2. Cage Culture in Maryland
Fact Sheet 3. The Culture of Striped Bass and its Hybrids in Cages
Fact Sheet 4. Figuring Production Costs in Finfish Aquaculture
Fact Sheet 5. Understanding Fish Pricing: From Production to the Table
Fact Sheet 6. What is Aquaculture?
Fact Sheet 7. Liming Aquaculture and Farm Ponds in Maryland
Fact Sheet 8. Farm Pond Management: Increasing Production through Fertilization
Fact Sheet 9. Prevention and Disinfection of Mycobacterium sp. in Aquaculture

More About Finfish Aquaculture

Videos: Cage Culture. Raising Fish in Ponds; A 24-minute introduction to finfish aquaculture in cages. The video shows how to construct cages, determine feeding regimes and monitor water quality. UM-SG-AV-90-01. Cost $14.95.; Farming Fish in Open Ponds; An 18-minute video on finfish aquaculture, including preparing ponds, stocking procedures and maintaining water quality. UM-SG-AV-91-01. Cost $14.95.; Producing Striped Bass in Hatcheries; A 20-minute video which focuses on hatchery technology for finfish aquaculturists, including the spawning, fertilizing, hatching and growout of fingerlings. Cost $14.95.; Please visit our on-line publication catalog to purchase these videos.
Related Publications: Maryland Aquafarmer articles; Chesapeake Quarterly articles; Maryland Marine Notes articles; We also have additional publications and reprints available on finfish aquaculture.

For Further Information

Maryland Sea Grant Extension
University of Maryland
Wye Research and Education Center
P.O. Box 169
Queenstown, MD 21658
Telephone: (410) 827-8056

Maryland Sea Grant Extension
University of Maryland
Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
P.O. Box 38
Solomons, MD 20688
Telephone: (410) 326-7356

Maryland Sea Grant Extension
University of Maryland
Horn Point Environmental Laboratory
Box 775
Cambridge, MD 21613
Telephone: (410) 221-8475

Maryland Sea Grant
University of Maryland
4321 Hartwick Road, Suite 300
College Park, MD 20740
Telephone: (301) 405-7500

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