Perch School 2006 at OSU South Centers - Piketon

       Saturday, April 8^th, 2006, the aquaculture staff members at OSU Piketon – South Centers  hold a one-day Perch School training course. The course  focused on teaching production techniques used in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) brood stock conditioning, spawning, egg incubation, fry stocking and fertilization regimes for fry ponds, and feed training techniques. The full day spent in a combination of class-room style presentations in the morning, with several hands-on breakout sessions for participants in the afternoon. The course was geared towards those who currently have aquaculture experience and are looking to improve their current yellow perch production practices, as well as any individuals who have interest in aquaculture and want to learn more about these aquaculture techniques for egg and fry fish production.

Presentations:

• Yellow Perch Egg incubation, hatching, fry estimation and stocking

• Yellow Perch Broodstock

• Feed Training of Yellow Perch

• Fertilization of yellow perch fry ponds

• Spawning Techniques for Yellow Perch Perca flavescens

Yellow Perch School Slideshow

This course was sponsored in part by the Ohio State Unversity’s South Centers, the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OSU), the Ohio State University Extension Service, and Aqion-USA Feeds Company.

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