. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Craig Sullivan prepares hormone pellets. Ron Hodson checks striper eggs with microscope. §ROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIP IN 1988, HODSON AND SULLIVAN WERE DETERMINED TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF A HYBRID BASS AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY. THEY WANTED TO SPUR FARMERS TO FORSAKE THE PLOW FOR THE POND AND PLACE THE HYBRID ALONGSIDE CATFISH AND TROUT IN ACRES OF U-S- PRODUCTION* Edgerton. And with the kind of controls developed by the duo, aquaculturists may soon be spawning striped
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Craig Sullivan prepares hormone pellets. Ron Hodson checks striper eggs with microscope. §ROM THE BEGINNING OF THEIR SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIP IN 1988, HODSON AND SULLIVAN WERE DETERMINED TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF A HYBRID BASS AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY. THEY WANTED TO SPUR FARMERS TO FORSAKE THE PLOW FOR THE POND AND PLACE THE HYBRID ALONGSIDE CATFISH AND TROUT IN ACRES OF U-S- PRODUCTION* Edgerton. And with the kind of controls developed by the duo, aquaculturists may soon be spawning striped bass and white bass year-round. "We used to wait all year for that twelve-week period in the spring when the fish spawned," Sullivan says. "And then with each female striper, we only had a fifteen-minute window of spawning opportunity. "Now we're capable of spawning the fish year- round, and I'm waiting for the day when I can drive into McDonald's for a 'Mc- Rockfish' sandwich," he says. "No, don't say that," Hodson says from across the room. "I hope hybrid bass are never so cheap that we see them in McDonald'; Hodson envisions the hybrid as a high quality, gourmet fish fit for tables in upscale restaurants like Tavern on the Green in New York or Brennans in New Orleans. But restaurants, fast food or gourmet, aren't a big concern for the Sea Grant scientists. Hodson and Sullivan are busy transferring their technology to hybrid bass growers throughout the Southeast. So far, the team has worked with fish farmers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Maryland and Arkansas. And the researchers have extended their findings to foreign audiences in France, England, Scotland and Italy. Even Japanese scientists, who are considered among the world's leading aquaculture experts, have visited Sullivan's NCSU lab and the Pamlico facility to glean information from this scientific odd couple. ? 16 MAY/JUNE 1993. Please note that
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