. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Both fresh and estuarine water will be tested in the pools and ponds. A third phase will compare growth and sur- vival rates of the pond-raised finger- lings in the fresh and estuarine water. Ron Hodson, Sea Grant's associate director and project director of the Aquaculture Demonstration Project, says research efforts with hybrids are just beginning. "We know we can grow marketable hybrids in sixteen to eigh- teen months. With research, we can probably shorten this time. A lot de- pends on getting the
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Both fresh and estuarine water will be tested in the pools and ponds. A third phase will compare growth and sur- vival rates of the pond-raised finger- lings in the fresh and estuarine water. Ron Hodson, Sea Grant's associate director and project director of the Aquaculture Demonstration Project, says research efforts with hybrids are just beginning. "We know we can grow marketable hybrids in sixteen to eigh- teen months. With research, we can probably shorten this time. A lot de- pends on getting the larvae off to a good start and providing them with optimal growing conditions through the whole ; The techniques developed in this project will not only benefit other agencies working with hybrids, but it could be the start of a new aquaculture industry in North Carolina, Kerby says. "Hybrids," he adds, "could be the alternative market fish for the declining striped ; Another popular food fish is the yellow perch. In the Midwest, demand for this species far exceeds supply even though great numbers are harvested in the Great Lakes. Aquaculture projects in Wisconsin have been raising yellow perch, but their efforts have been ham- pered by a short growing season and the lack of a dependable supply of fingerlings. Coastal North Carolina is on the southernmost range for this species and has the optimum temperatures necessary for a long growing season. But, yellow perch is not commercially fished in this state. Because of the low demand and available supplies, the catch is incidental. Jeff Hinshaw, a NCSU graduate student working with Kerby and Huish, thinks the yellow perch has much greater potential in North Carolina. This year, he will be using the Aquaculture Demonstration Pro- ject's facilities to produce fingerlings from larvae and to produce a depend- able supply acclimated to culture con- ditions. "One of the potential benefits from
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