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Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center Fact Sheets

Business Planning and Marketing

NRAC #101  Is Aquatic Farming For You?  (HTML)

NRAC #102  Initial Questions the County Agent Can Ask the Prospective Fish Culturist 

NRAC #150  Business Planning For Aquaculture Is It Feasible?  (PDF or HTML)

NRAC #00-005  HACCP Guide for the Aquaculture Industry  (PDF)  

NRAC #101-2008   Planning for Success in Your Aquaculture Business (PDF)

NRAC #107-2008   Aquaculture Risk Management (PDF)

Aquaculture Species and Systems

NRAC #120 Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast  (PDF or HTML)  

NRAC #130 Aquaculture Species for the Northeast  (PDF or HTML)   

NRAC #102-2008   Freshwater Aquaculture Species for the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #103-2008   Marine Aquaculture Species for the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #104-2008   Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast (PDF)

Finfish Cultue 

NRAC #111 General Fish Health Management  (PDF

NRAC #112 A Manual for Nonlethal Surgical Procedures to Obtain Tissue Samples for use in Fish Health Inspection (email ssadams@umd.edu for printed copy)

NRAC #113 (Replaced by #106-2008) Fish Health Inspections: What are they?  NRAC #106-2008  

NRAC #140 Processing and Marketing Aquacultured Fish  (PDF or HTML)

NRAC # 221 Fish Counting and Measurements in Situ: A Technology Assessment 

NRAC #222 Evaluation of Artificial Diets for Cultured Fish  (PDF)

NRAC #00-001 Diseases of Cultured Flatfish: Diagnosis and Prevention  (PDF)

NRAC #106-2008   Fish Health Inspections (PDF)

Shellfish Culture 

NRAC #160 Growing Microalgae to Feed Bivalve Larvae  (HTML) (PDF)

NRAC #180 Major Predators of Cultured Shellfish  (PDF)

NRAC #200 History & Impact of MSX & Dermo Diseases on Oyster Stocks in the Northeast Region  (PDF)

NRAC #210 Genetic Improvement of the Eastern Oyster for Growth & Disease Resistance in the Northeast  (PDF

NRAC #220 Producing Oyster Seed by Remote Setting (PDF

NRAC #00-002 Nursery Growout Methods for Aquacultured Shellfish  (PDF) 

NRAC #00-007 Control of Predators on Cultured Shellfish: Exclusion Strategies  (PDF)

NRAC #00-008 The effect of UV Irradiation on Perkinsus marinus and its potential use to reduce transmission via shellfish effluents (PDF)

NRAC #02-001 Shellfish producers quality assurance program

Water Quality and Waste Management

NRAC #170 An Introduction to Water Chemistry in Freshwater Aquaculture  (PDF or HTML)

NRAC #300 State Policies for Aquaculture Effluents and Solid Wastes in the Northeast Region

NRAC #00-003 Aquaculture Effluents: A Guide for Water Quality Regulators and Aquaculturists  (PDF) 

NRAC #105-2008   Environmental Effects of Shellfish Aquaculture in the Northeast (PDF)

North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) Fact Sheets and Other Publications

Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) Fact Sheets

Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) Fact Sheets and Other Publications

Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC) Fact Sheets and Other Publications

For more information, contact Sharon S. Adams

Last updated: 08/18/2008