• 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

To evaluate the effect of culture temperature on growth, survival, and body composition of largemouth bass.

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.

• 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

• Evaluate the polyculture of yellow perch in cages with freshwater prawns in ponds.
• Evaluate the effect of culture temperature on growth and survival of yellow perch.

• Develop and deliver an introductory fish health class for veterinarians and veterinary students, fisheries professionals and students, and other stakeholders in Illinois and Indiana