Technical Resources
COVID-19
Aquaculture
Fish Health
Fish Nutrition
Marketing/Business
Processing
Water Quality
Equipment/Supplies
Quick Reference Guides
Aquaculture Industry
Additional Resources
Mobile Apps
Technical Resources
COVID-19
USDA's Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish (ELAP) May 2021
On March 23rd, 2020 Virginia Tech Seafood AREC and The Ohio State University Extension initiated an online survey of the U.S. aquaculture, aquaponics, and allied businesses. This survey was designed to capture and quantify the effects of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the aquaculture, aquaponics, and allied industries. The survey was distributed at the conclusion of every quarter for 2020, to attempt to capture the evolving impacts of COVID-19 over time. Sixteen Virginia Cooperative Extension Fact Sheets and accompanying Appendices summarizing the survey results have been developed.
Results were also disaggregated based on species and region of the U.S. as applicable.
Please use the following link to read the fact sheets and appendixes: https://www.arec.vaes.vt.edu/arec/virginia-seafood/research/Impacts_of_COVID19.html
Additional information:
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society editorial
Journal of Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy manuscript
Effects of COVID 19 on US Aquaculture, Aquaponics and Allied Businesses (webinar replay)
Aquaculture
Fish Health
Fish Nutrition
Marketing/Business
2020 Great Lakes Aquaculture Collaborative and North Central Regional Aquaculture Center webinar
- Aquaculture can be successful, but...., Dr. Carole Engle
2019 Iowa Aquaculture Conference Presentations
- The business of aquaculture, Dr. Carole Engle
- Introduction to planning for a successful aquaculture or aquaponics business, Dr. Carole Engle
- Strategic marketing, Dr. Carole Engle
- Keys to economic success, Dr. Carole Engle
- Why do aquaculture businesses fail?, Dr. Carole Engle
Processing
Water Quality
Equipment and Supplies
(**OSU does not endorse any of the products or services below. If you have a good link that we should add, please let us know!)
Quick Reference Guides
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Aquaculture Producer's Quick Reference Handbook, by Larry Dorman (pdf)
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Approved Drugs for Use in Aquaculture, US. Fish & Wildlife Service (pdf)
Aquaculture Industry
Regional Aquaculture Centers
Additional Resources
Mobile Apps
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AquaCide - This comprehensive visual guide helps you select the most effective herbicides for all aquatic vegetation classes
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AmmoniaCalc - Allows the user to input simple, easily measured water chemistry measurements such as pH and temperature to instantly calculate the un-ionized ammonia concentration
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AquaPlant - Helps pond owners and their advisors in the identification and management of aquatic vegetation
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AquaRef - This guide is packed full of useful information including pond filling time, pumping rate equivalents, discharge rates from standpipes, net mesh sizes for grading fish, length/weight relationships for fish, oxygen saturation points, pounds of fish that can be hauled at temperature, egg development stages, stocking guides, fertilization rates, and much more
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PondCalc - This tool allows the user to quickly and easily calculate the surface area of any shaped pond and then calculate the number of acre feet, all without having to do any math