. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. country to produce hybrids raised in ponds. Brothers' harvest represents the suc- cess of a 10-year Sea Grant research effort that proved the commercial cul- ture of the hybrid was feasible. Bon Hodson, Sea Grant's associate director and coordinator of the pro- gram's aquaculture research, expects the hybrid to become a big cash crop for North Carolina. Sea Grant's research on the hybrid began when wild populations of the savory striped bass dwindled. Scien- tists tried to raise the striper in captiv- ity,
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. country to produce hybrids raised in ponds. Brothers' harvest represents the suc- cess of a 10-year Sea Grant research effort that proved the commercial cul- ture of the hybrid was feasible. Bon Hodson, Sea Grant's associate director and coordinator of the pro- gram's aquaculture research, expects the hybrid to become a big cash crop for North Carolina. Sea Grant's research on the hybrid began when wild populations of the savory striped bass dwindled. Scien- tists tried to raise the striper in captiv- ity, but that proved difficult. Then they figured out how to cross the striper with a white bass. The result was a hardy hybrid. At first, the hybrid was only stocked in recreational ponds and lakes. But Sea Grant researchers proved the hy- brid could be farm-raised, like catfish. Brothers put the hybrid to its tough- est test. And in November, he began harvesting fish for market. They aver- age 1?2 pounds. So far, he has marketed his crop in New York where the fish are being served primarily in upscale restaurants. Hodson believes that Brothers' oper- ation is just what the state's fledgling aquaculture industry needs. A success- ful harvest will encourage others to try fish farming. For more information on aquacul- ture, contact Hodson at Sea Grant, Box 8605, NCSU, Baleigh, 27695- 8605. When it comes to the test of taste, the hybrid striped bass is getting rave reviews. Sea Grant seafood education spe- cialist Joyce Taylor per- formed a series of taste tests with an informal consumer panel. She treated the panel to such delicacies as poached bass with caper sauce and barbecued bass. And the hybrid scored well. In fact, the taste panel preferred the pond- raised fish over the wild striper in most of the The panelists scored the hybrids higher on freshness, flavor and firm texture. But those high scores could be attributed to the hybrid's freshness. The wild stripers
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