The main bottleneck to further development of sustainable and intensive aquaculture in Midwest is improvement of larval fish rearing technologies and larval fish nutrition. The main objective of this project is to develop detailed protocols for larval largemouth bass rearing in indoor facilities that will help to support high survival and growth performance of this species in its young age.
Sea Grant Illinois-Indiana
Results
New Approach in Replacing Live Food – Meeting Largemouth Bass Larvae Growth Requirements using Asian Carp Muscle as an Initial Protein Source
The objectives of this project are:
- To develop optimal in vitro methodology for Asian carp muscle hydrolysis using largemouth bass (LMB) endogenous digestive enzymes obtained from adult LMB.
- To evaluate the effect of Asian carp muscle protein hydrolysates obtained using methodology in Objective 1 as a first feed for larval LMB.
On the feasibility of establishing a saline aquaculture industry in Illinois
- Determine the existing and near-term (5-10 years) market for striped bass species in the Midwest region of the US for food consumption
- Analyze the competitive advantages of rearing a euthyhaline species (Striped Bass) in Illinois/Midwest using regional saline water resources
- Locate appropriate saline water resources in Illinois and examine water quality for compatibility with striped bass production
Assessing consumer preferences and demand for fish: a market analysis of the Midwest aquaculture industry
- Identify consumer preferences and demand for fish products
- Estimate consumers’ willingness-to-pay for important food safety and quality informational attributes embedded in aquaculture products
- Assess the competitiveness of aquaculture products with regards to food safety versus imported aquaculture products
Energy efficient and sustainable aquaculture water treatment Using microbial fuel cells and membrane-supported biofilms
- Investigate the feasibility of a new treatment process, based on microbial fuel cells and membrane-supported biofilms reactors for removing nitrogen and sulfide in simulated recirculating aquaculture systems wastewater.
- Determine the nitrogen and sulfide removal efficiencies, and levels of electric power production
- Test different reactor configurations under variable loading conditions
Replacement of fish meal in hybrid striped bass diets with proteinaceous fermentation biomass
- Evaluate the potential use of ethanol yeast, a co-product of bio-ethanol production, as a fish meal replacement in the diets of sunshine bass (white bass Morone chrysops x striped bass M. saxatilis)
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