Responsibility
Stocking rate effects on growing juvenile sunshine bass
A dose-response study was conducted in an outdoor biofloc system to begin quantifying the stocking rate production function for sunshine bass advanced fingerlings.
Aquafeeds
Reducing digestible protein in pond production of hybrid striped bass
A significant reduction is possible in the digestible protein level in commercial diets for hybrid striped bass using ideal protein diet formulation, a robust set of ingredient nutrient availabilities, and a higher level (45 percent) of muscle profile as the formulation target.
Intelligence
Comparing nutritional values of wild and farmed whitefish
A study assessed the nutritional value of farmed vs. wild white-fleshed fishes using hybrid striped bass, largemouth bass and bluegill. Results showed that farmed, white-fleshed fish are as nutritionally valuable – and in some cases, more so – than wild fish.
Intelligence
Young aquaponics, aquaculture company gets big boost
Fluid Farms, an aquaponics produce grower in Maine, leans on multi-trophic aquaculture to provide nutrients for its plants. The company is now selling its hybrid striped bass to the local market and, armed with a $50,000 innovation prize that will fund a new heating system, is expanding its horizons.
Intelligence
Hybrid striped bass culture a U.S. success story
The culture of hybrid bass in the United States grew from 450 metric tons in 1999, most of which was grown by a single producer, to 4,760 tons in 2002.