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The Southern Regional Aquaculture Center is one of five Regional Centers established by Congress through the USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The thirteen states and two territories included in the Southern Region are: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Virginia.
The Southern Regional Aquaculture Center is sponsored by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
The Fact Sheets on this site provide information on important species of fish and shellfish produced in the Southern Region. These fact sheets are reviewed annually by the Publications, Videos, and Computer Software Steering Committee and are revised when significant new information becomes available on the subject. Any that have not been revised are considered to represent the essential state of available knowledge.
- SRAC 0100: Site Selection of Levee-Type Fish Production Ponds
- SRAC 0101: Construction of Levee-Type Ponds for Fish Production
- SRAC 0102: Watershed Fish Production Ponds: Site Selection and Construction
- SRAC 0103: Calculating Area and Volume of Ponds and Tanks
- SRAC 0104: Repairing Fish Pond Levees
- SRAC 0105: Renovating Leaky Ponds
- SRAC 0120: Common Farm-Raised Baitfish
- SRAC 0121: Baitfish: Feeds and Feeding Practices
- SRAC 0122: Production Enterprise Budget for Golden Shiners
- SRAC 0123: Feeding Practices for Baitfish
- SRAC 0124: Dietary Protein and Lipid Requirements of Golden Shiners and Goldfish
- SRAC 0140: Forage Fish - Introduction and Species
- SRAC 0160: What is Cage Culture?
- SRAC 0161: Cage Culture: Site Selection and Water Quality
- SRAC 0162: Cage Culture: Cage Construction and Placement
- SRAC 0163: Cage Culture: Species Suitable for Cage Culture
- SRAC 0164: Cage Culture: Handling and Feeding Caged Fish
- SRAC 0165: Cage Culture: Cage Culture Problems
- SRAC 0166: Cage Culture: Harvesting and Economics
- SRAC 0180: Channel Catfish: Life History and Biology
- SRAC 0181: Feeding Catfish Commercial Ponds
- SRAC 0183: Processing Channel Catfish
- SRAC 0184: Processed Catfish: Product Forms, Packaging, Yields and Product Mix
- SRAC 0190: Production of Hybrid Catfish
- SRAC 0191: Design and Construction of Degassing Units for Catfish Hatcheries
- SRAC 0192: Managing Off-Flavor Problems in Pond Raised Catfish
- SRAC 0200: Largemouth Bass: Biology and Life History
- SRAC 0201: Culture of Largemouth Bass Fingerlings
- SRAC 0220: Trout Production: Handling Eggs and Fry
- SRAC 0222: Trout Farming: Carrying Capacity and Inventory Management
- SRAC 0223: Trout Production: Feeds and Feeding Methods
- SRAC 0230: Alligator Production: An Introduction
- SRAC 0231: Alligator Production: Breeding, Egg Collection, Incubation, and Hatching
- SRAC 0232: Alligator Production: Grow-out and Harvest
- SRAC 0240: Crawfish Production: Pond Construction and Water Requirements
- SRAC 0241: Crawfish Production: Production Systems and Forages
- SRAC 0243: Crawfish: A Healthy Choice!
- SRAC 0244: Australian Red Claw Crayfish
- SRAC 0260: Introduction of Exotic Shrimp: Quarantine and Disease Inspection Methods
- SRAC 0281: Cage Culture of Tilapia
- SRAC 0282: Tank Culture of Tilapia
- SRAC 0283: Tilapia: Life History and Biology
- SRAC 0300: Hybrid Striped Bass: Biology and Life History
- SRAC 0301: Hybrid Striped Bass: Hatchery Phase
- SRAC 0302: Hybrid Striped Bass: Fingerling Production in Ponds
- SRAC 0303: Hybrid Striped Bass: Pond Production of Foodfish
- SRAC 0320: Red Drum: Reproductive Biology, Broodstock Management, and Spawning
- SRAC 0321: Red Drum: Site Selection and Pond Construction
- SRAC 0322: Red Drum: Production of Food Fish
- SRAC 0323: Red Drum: Brood Stock and Hatchery Production
- SRAC 0324: Red Drum: Production of Fingerlings and Stockers
- SRAC 0350: Small-Scale Marketing of Aquaculture Products
- SRAC 0360: Aquatic Weed Management: Control Methods
- SRAC 0361: Aquatic Weed Management: Herbicides
- SRAC 0372: Selecting the Proper Pump
- SRAC 0373: Piping Systems
- SRAC 0374: Open Channel Flow in Aquaculture
- SRAC 0375: Powering Aquaculture Equipment
- SRAC 0381: Developing Business Proposals for Aquaculture Loans
- SRAC 0390: Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Equipment and Guidelines
- SRAC 0391: Sorting and Grading Warmwater Fish
- SRAC 0392: Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Procedures and Loading Rates
- SRAC 0393: Transportation of Warmwater Fish: Loading Rates and Tips by Species
- SRAC 0394: Harvesting Warmwater Fish
- SRAC 0395: Inventory Assesment Methods for Aquaculture Ponds
- SRAC 0400: Avian Predators at Aquaculture Facilities in the Southern United States
- SRAC 0401: Controlling Bird Predation at Aquaculture Facilities: Frightening Techniques
- SRAC 0410: Calculating Treatments for Ponds and Tanks
- SRAC 0421: Introduction to Hormone-Induced Spawning of Fish
- SRAC 0422: Capturing, Handling, Transporting, Injecting and Holding Brood Fish
- SRAC 0423: Determining Sexual Maturity of Broodstock for Induced Spawning of Fish
- SRAC 0424: Hormonal Control of Reproduction in Fish for Induced Spawning
- SRAC 0425: Hormone Preparation, Dosage Calculation, and Injection Techniques for Induced Spawning of Foodfish
- SRAC 0426: Techniques for Taking and Fertilizing the Spawn of Fish
- SRAC 0427: Induction and Verification of Triploidy in Fish
- SRAC 0428: Hormone Preparation, Dosage Calculation, and Injection Techniques for Induced Spawning: Baitfish and Ornamental Fish
- SRAC 0431: Testing Flavor Quality of Preharvest Channel Catfish
- SRAC 0432: The Cultivation of American Oysters
- SRAC 0433: Biology and Culture of the Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria)
- SRAC 0435: Water Gardens
- SRAC 0436: Bullfrog Culture
- SRAC 0437: Production of Paddlefish
- SRAC 0439: Pet Turtle Production
- SRAC 0441: Aquaculture: Realities and Potentials When Getting Started
- SRAC 0442: Small Scale, On-farm Fish Processing
- SRAC 0451: Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: An Overview of Critical Considerations
- SRAC 0452: Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: Management of Recirculating Systems
- SRAC 0453: Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: A Review of Current Design Practice
- SRAC 0454: Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: Aquaponics Integrating Fish and Plant Culture
- SRAC 0455: Pond Recirculating Production Systems
- SRAC 0456: A Spreadsheet Tool for the Economic Analysis of a Recirculation Tank System
- SRAC 0460: Control of Clay Turbidity in Ponds
- SRAC 0461: Water Quantity and Quality Requirements for Channel Catfish Hatcheries
- SRAC 0462: Nitrite in Fish Ponds
- SRAC 0463: Ammonia in Fish Ponds
- SRAC 0464: Interactions of pH, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalinity and Hardness in Fish Ponds
- SRAC 0466: Algae Blooms in Commercial Fish Production Ponds
- SRAC 0467: Cost of Alternative Effluent Treatments for Catfish Production
- SRAC 0468: Carbon Dioxide in Fish Ponds
- SRAC 0469: Fertilizing Fish Ponds
- SRAC 0470: Characterization and Management of Effluents from Aquaculture Ponds in the Southeastern United States
- SRAC 0472: Investigating a Fish Die-Off and Submitting a Sample for Toxicology or Disease Diagnosis
- SRAC 0474: The Role of Stress in Fish Disease
- SRAC 0475: Proliferative Gill Disease (Hamburger Gill Disease)
- SRAC 0476: Ich (White Spot Disease)
- SRAC 0477: ESC - Enteric Septicemia of Catfish
- SRAC 0478: Motile Aeromonas Septicemia (MAS) in Fish
- SRAC 0479a: Fee-Fishing: An Introduction
- SRAC 0479b: Columnaris Disease: Flavobacterium Columnare
- SRAC 0480: Fee-Fishing Ponds: Management of Food Fish and Water Quality
- SRAC 0481: Development and Management of Fishing Leases
- SRAC 0482: Fee-Fishing: Location, Site Development and Other Considerations
- SRAC 0483: Biology and Life History of Freshwater Prawns
- SRAC 0484: Pond Production of the Freshwater Prawn in Temperate Climates
- SRAC 0501: You Can Do Catfish
- SRAC 0501S: El bagre es delicioso y nutritivo
- SRAC 0600: Characterization and Management of Effluents from Aquaculture Ponds in the Southeastern U.S.
- SRAC 0601: Analysis of Regional and National Markets for Aquacultural Food Products in the Southern Region
- SRAC 0700: Zooplankton Succession and Larval Fish Culture in Freshwater Ponds
- SRAC 0701: Culture of Small Zooplankters for the Feeding of Larval Fish
- SRAC 0702: Artemia Production for Marine Larval Fish Culture
- SRAC 0703: Introduction to Marine Copepod Culture for Live Feeds Production
- SRAC 0721: Species Profile: Grouper Aquaculture
- SRAC 0722: Species Profile: Largemouth Bass
- SRAC 0723: Species Profile: Bigmouth Buffalo
- SRAC 0724: Species Profile: Sunfish
- SRAC 0725: Species Profile: Mutton Snapper
- SRAC 0726: Species Profile: Southern Flounder
- SRAC 1200: Growing Bull Minnows for Bait
- SRAC 1201: Bait Shrimp Culture
- SRAC 1202: Intensive (Non-pond) Culture of Gulf Killifish
- SRAC 1203: An Indoor Hatching and Intensive Rearing Method for Fathead Minnows
- SRAC 1800: Costs of Small-Scale Catfish Production for Direct Sales
- SRAC 1801: Infestations of the Trematode Bolbophorus sp. in Channel Catfish
- SRAC 1802: Channel Catfish Broodfish Management
- SRAC 1803: Channel Catfish Broodfish and Hatchery Management
- SRAC 1804: Managing Hatch Rate and Diseases in Catfish Eggs
- SRAC 1805: Advances in Catfish Harvesting Gear: Seines and Live Cars
- SRAC 1806: Feed Ingredients and Feeds for Channel Catfish
- SRAC 2400: Crawfish Production: Harvesting
- SRAC 2401: Semi-Intensive Production of Red Swamp Crawfish in Earthen Ponds without Planted Forage
- SRAC 2402: Crawfish Aquaculture - Marketing
- SRAC 2403: Procambarid Crawfish: Life History and Biology
- SRAC 2404: Crawfish Trap Design and Construction
- SRAC 2405: Crawfish Production: Financial Characteristics and Record-Keeping Options
- SRAC 2600: Opportunities and Constraints in Marine Shrimp Farming
- SRAC 2601: Acclimating Pacific White Shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei, to Inland, Low-Salinity Waters
- SRAC 2602: Indoor Marine Shrimp Farming
- SRAC 3000: Comparison of Costs of Different Hybrid Striped Bass Production Systems in Ponds
- SRAC 3001: Feeds and Feeding of Hybrid Striped Bass
- SRAC 3600: Using Grass Carp in Aquaculture and in Private Impoundments
- SRAC 3601: Aquatic Weed Management: Herbicide Safety, Technology and Application Techniques
- SRAC 3602: Aquatic Herbicide Mode of Action and Use Implications
- SRAC 3700: Pond Aeration
- SRAC 3900: Anesthetics in Aquaculture
- SRAC 3901: Components and Use of an In-Pond Fish Grading System
- SRAC 3902: Preventing Hitchhiking Nonindigenous Species in Live Shipments
- SRAC 3903: Shipping Fish in Boxes
- SRAC 4100: Liming Ponds for Aquaculture
- SRAC 4101: Removing Fish from Ponds with Rotenone
- SRAC 4300: Extensive Culture of Crassostrea virginica in the Gulf of Mexico Region
- SRAC 4301: Hard Clam Hatchery and Nursery Production
- SRAC 4302: Oyster Hatchery Techniques
- SRAC 4303: Non-Native Species in Aquaculture: Terminology, Potential Impacts and Invasion Process
- SRAC 4304: Risk Analysis for Non-Native Species in Aquaculture
- SRAC 4305: Emerging Issues Regarding Non-Native Species for Aquaculture
- SRAC 4306: Soft Shell Crab Shedding Systems
- SRAC 4307: Non-Commercial Oyster Culture, or Oyster Gardening
- SRAC 4308: Off-Bottom Culture of Oysters in the Gulf of Mexico
- SRAC 4309: Algae for Biofuels – Production and Conversion
- SRAC 4310: Algae for Biofuels – Economic and Environmental Costs
- SRAC 4311: High-Density Rearing of Oyster Larvae in Flow-Through Systems
- SRAC 4312: Preventing Escape from Aquaculture Operations
- SRAC 4400: Introduction to Financial Management of Aquaculture Businesses
- SRAC 4401: Assessing the Financial Position of an Aquaculture Business: Using Balance Sheets
- SRAC 4402: Determining the Profitability of an Aquaculture Business: Using Income Statements and Enterprise Budgets
- SRAC 4403: Evaluating the Liquidity/Cash Position of an Aquaculture Business: Using Cash Flow Statements
- SRAC 4404: Good Aquaculture Practices
- SRAC 4500: Partitioned Aquaculture Systems
- SRAC 4501: Constructing a Simple and Inexpensive Recirculating Aquaculture System (RAS) for Classroom Use
- SRAC 4502: How to Start a Biofilter
- SRAC 4503: Biofloc Production Systems for Aquaculture
- SRAC 4600: Toxicities of Agricultural Pesticides to Selected Aquatic Organisms
- SRAC 4601: Measuring Dissolved Oxygen Concentration in Aquaculture
- SRAC 4602: Pond Mixing
- SRAC 4603: Managing Ammonia in Fish Ponds
- SRAC 4604: Managing High PH in Freshwater Ponds
- SRAC 4605: Algal Toxins in Pond Aquaculture
- SRAC 4606: Interpretation of Water Analysis Reports for Fish Culture
- SRAC 4607: Groundwater Treatment Before Use in Aquaculture
- SRAC 4700: Saprolegniasis (Winter Fungus) and Branchiomycosis of Commercially Cultured Channel Catfish
- SRAC 4701: Protozoan Parasites
- SRAC 4702: Channel Catfish Virus Disease
- SRAC 4703: Disease Prevention on Fish Farms
- SRAC 4704: Diseases of Concern in Molluscan Aquaculture
- SRAC 4705: Amyloodinium ocellatum, an Important Parasite of Cultured Marine Fish
- SRAC 4706: Mycobacterial Infections of Fish
- SRAC 4707: Biosecurity in Aquaculture, Part 1: An Overview
- SRAC 4708: Biosecurity in Aquaculture, Part 2: Recirculating Aquaculture Systems
- SRAC 4709: Investigational New Animal Drug (INAD) Exemptions and the National INAD Program (NIP)
- SRAC 4710: Herpesviruses in Fish
- SRAC 4711: Prebiotics and Probiotics: Definitions and Applications
- SRAC 4712: Biosecurity in Aquaculture, Part 3: Ponds
- SRAC 4830: Economics of Freshwater Prawn Farming in the United States
- SRAC 4831: Post-Harvest Handling of Freshwater Prawns
- SRAC 4900: The HACCP Seafood Program and Aquaculture
- SRAC 4901: Biological Safety of Fresh and Processed Shellfish
- SRAC 4902: Shellfish Handling Practices – Shrimp and Molluscs
- SRAC 5000: Guidelines for Developing Aquaculture Research Verification Programs
- SRAC 5001: Basic Aquaculture Genetics
- SRAC 5002: Mycotoxins in Aquaculture Feeds
- SRAC 5003: Principles of Fish Nutrition
- SRAC 5004: Phytoplankton Culture for Aquaculture Feed
- SRAC 5006: Economics of Aquaponics
- SRAC 5007: Principles of Small-Scale Aquaponics
- SRAC 5008: Controlling the Greenhouse Environment for Aquaponics
- SRAC 5009: Greenhouse Crops and Cropping Systems for Commercial Aquaponics
- SRAC 5010: Building a Simple At-home Aquaponics System
- SRAC 5011: Vegetable Transplants in Aquaponic Systems
- SRAC 6000: Effects of Nutrition on Body Composition and Subsequent Storage Quality of Farm-raised Channel Catfish
- SRAC 6001: Aquaculture Food Safety Residues
- SRAC 6002: Verification of Recommended Management Practices for Major Aquaculture Species
- SRAC 6003: Optimizing Nutrient Utilization and Reducing Waste through Diet Composition and Feeding Strategies
- SRAC 6004: Management of Aquacultural Effluents from Ponds
- SRAC 7200: Species Profile: Production of Sturgeon
- SRAC 7201: Species Profile: Koi and Goldfish
- SRAC 7202: Species Profile: Cobia
- SRAC 7203: Species Profile: Queen Conch, Strombus gigas
- SRAC 7204: Species Profile: Yellow Perch, Perca flavescens
- SRAC 7205: Species Profile: Hybrid Sunfish
- SRAC 7206: Species Profile: Florida Pompano
- SRAC 7207: Species Profile: Black Sea Bass
- SRAC 7208: Species Profile: Atlantic Croaker
- SRAC 7209: Species Profile: Pigfish, Orthopristis chrysoptera
- SRAC 7210: Species Profile: Pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides
- SRAC 7211: Species Profile: Sea Urchins of the Southern Region
- SRAC 7212: Species Profile: Hybrid Crappie
- SRAC 7213: Species Profile: Clownfish
- SRAC 7214: Species Profile: Stony Corals
- SRAC 7300: Nutritional Benefits of Seafood
- SRAC 7301: Farm-Raised Crawfish
- SRAC 7302: Hybrid Striped Bass
- SRAC 7303: Freshwater Prawns
- SRAC 7304: Farm-Raised Channel Catfish
- SRAC 7305: Eastern Oysters
- SRAC 7306: Hard Clams