2008 Perch School at Piketon

Saturday, March 22nd, the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (OCARD) at the OSU South Centers in Piketon, OH will hold a one-day Perch School. The focus of this workshop will be teaching techniques on perch spawning, egg incubation, fry stocking and fertilization regimes for fry ponds. The full day will be spent in a combination of class-room style presentations in the morning, with several hands-on breakout sessions for participants in the afternoon. This school will be limited to a maximum of 40 participants, so register early!  The tentative schedule is as follows: 

8:30 am – 9:00

-          Registration, coffee, donuts 

 9:00 am – 12:00 Noon

            -     Overview of the Perch School activities

-         Review of Piketon Yellow Perch research results

-         General perch anatomy and sex determination

-         Spawning techniques

-         Pond Fertilization for fry production.

-     Feed training of yellow perch fry. 

12:00 – 1:00 pm     Catered lunch provided (sandwiches, salads, etc. Please let us                                      

 know if you have specific dietary needs)

1:00 – 5:00 pm        Hands-on Sessions 

-         Sex determination, hormone calculation and injection.

-         Strip spawning and fertilizing egg ribbons and indoor egg incubation.

-         Pond fertilization, zooplankton identification and counts.

-         (If available) Fry count estimations and stocking.

-         Feed Training of perch fry. 

Cost: $30.00 per person or $50.00 per couple sharing notebook, lunch included. Lodging not included.

Registration: Call Julie Strawser at the OSU South Centers- Piketon. Phone numbers are (740) 289-2071 or 1-800-297-2072 (Ohio only) extension 223.

Registration Deadline: Friday, March 7^th. Payment is due at this time. After March 7^th, cost will be $50.00 per person.

 Hotel Options:

Piketon Comfort Inn (5 minute drive from the Center) (740) 289-3000.

AmeriHost Inn, Waverly (about 10 minutes north of Center) (740) 941-4678.

For questions about session topics, contact Laura Tiu or Geoff Wallat, at the registration numbers above, or email tiu.2@osu.edu or wallat.1@osu.edu.

Telephone:740-289-2071 or 1-800-297-2072(in state)   FAX: 740-289-4591

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