Aquaculture

Florida aquaculture products bring in about $100 million in sales annually. Half of this revenue is from tropical fish, which account for 95% of the nation's total.

Aquatic Crops

In Florida, one thousand aquaculturists grow over 1,500 aquatic crops--fish (including tropical species), plants, mollusks, crustaceans, and reptiles--using a variety of production systems.

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Business Management

UF/IFAS Sites

Aquaculture Equipment

UF/IFAS Publications

Catfish Budget (xls)

Culture of Worms for Bait or Fish Food

Dissolved Oxygen for Fish Production

Fee Fishing in Florida

Fertilization of Fresh Water Fish Ponds

Fish Management and Economics

Managing Florida Ponds for Fishing

Other Sites & Publications

Aquaculture Outlook--USDA

Economics & Marketing--University of Arkansas

Fee Fishing--University of Arkansas

Fee Fishing Fact Sheets--SRAC

Small Scale Marketing Fact Sheets--SRAC

Fisheries

UF/IFAS Sites

Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Fisheries--Florida Sea Grant

Freshwater Aquaculture & Farm Ponds

UF/IFAS Publications

Managing Florida Ponds for Fishing

Other Sites & Publications

Fisheries Biology for Everyone--National Sea Grant Library (pdf)

Saltwater Fishing--Florida FWC

Getting Started

UF/IFAS Sites

Beginning Aquaculture

Farm Ponds

UF/IFAS Publications

Beginners Guide to Water Management

Introduction to Fish Health Management

Other Sites & Publications

Aquaculture: Realities and Potentials When Getting Started--Texas A&M University (pdf)

Beginning Aquaculture Fact Sheets--SRAC

Developing Business Proposals for Aquaculture Loans--SRAC (pdf)

Getting Started in Aquaculture--Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (pdf)

Starting a Business in Aquaculture--University of Arkansas

Harvesting & Grading

UF/IFAS Sites

Harvesting, Grading, and Transportation

Other Sites & Publications

Harvesting and Grading Fish--University of Arkansas

Harvesting, Holding and Hauling Fact Sheets--SRAC

Health

UF/IFAS Sites

Fish Diseases: Bacteria

Fish Diseases: Fungus

Fish Diseases: Parasites

Fish Diseases: Viruses

Fish Health Management

Infectious Diseases

Red Tides

UF/IFAS Publications

Common Freshwater Fish Parasites Pictorial Guide: Nematodes

On-Farm Transport of Ornamental Fish

Fish Reproduction and Health

Introduction to Fish Health Management

Nematode (Roundworm) Infections in Fish

Stress: Its Role in Fish Disease

Other Sites & Publications

Diseases Fact Sheets--SRAC

Nutrition

UF/IFAS Sites

Nutrition and Feeding

UF/IFAS Publications

Aquatic Food Plants

A Beginner's Guide to Water Management: Nutrients

Fish Feed and Nutrition

Fish Nutrition

Other Sites & Publications

Culture of Small Zooplankters for the Feeding of Larval Fish--SRAC (pdf)

Production Practices & Pond Management

UF/IFAS Sites

Aquatic Weed Control

Induced Spawning

Predation

Recirculating Aquaculture Systems

Treatments

Water Quality

Aquatic Weed Management

Fish Production

Pond & Lakefront Revegetation

UF/IFAS Publications

Aquaculture Facilities

Aquaria

Aquatic Toxicology Notes: Predicting the Fate and Effects of Aquatic and Ditchbank Herbicides

Aquatic Weeds

Fish Fingerlings: Purchasing, Transporting and Stocking

The Utilization of a Fish Pump for Harvesting Shrimp from Tanks and Ponds

Other Sites & Publications

Aeration Fact Sheets--SRAC

Algae Blooms in Commercial Fish Production Ponds--Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (pdf)

Aquaculture Production BMPs--LSU

Aquatic Vegetation Control Fact Sheets--SRAC

Cage Culture Fact Sheets--SRAC

Farm Pond Management--University of Arkansas

Induced Spawning Sheets--SRAC

Predators Fact Sheets--SRAC

Recirculating Systems Fact Sheets--SRAC

Renovating Leaky Ponds--SRAC (pdf)

Treatments Fact Sheets--SRAC

Water Quality Fact Sheets--SRAC

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