NRAC Fact Sheets

- Business Planning and Marketing

- Aquaculture Species and Systems

- Finfish Culture

- Shellfish Culture

- Water Quality and Waste Management

- Other RAC Fact Sheets/Publications

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Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center Fact Sheets

Business Planning and Marketing

NRAC #101 Is Aquatic Farming For You? (HTML)

NRAC #102-1992 Initial Questions the County Agent Can Ask the Prospective Fish Culturist (PDF)

NRAC #150 Business Planning For Aquaculture Is It Feasible? (replaced by #101-2008 & #107-2008 below)

NRAC #00-005 HACCP Guide for the Aquaculture Industry (PDF)

NRAC #101-2008 Planning for Success in Your Aquaculture Business (PDF)

NRAC #107-2008 Aquaculture Risk Management (PDF)

NRAC #301-2008 Growing Ornamental Aquatic Plants as a Business in the Northeastern United States (PDF)

NRAC #205-2010 Small Scale Marketing Opportunities for Aquaculture Products in the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #207-2010 Cooperatives in Aquaculuture (PDF)

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Aquaculture Species and Systems

NRAC #208-2010 Biosecurity on the Farm – Guidelines & Resources for Developing a Biosecurity Plan (PDF)

NRAC #120 Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast (replaced by #104-2008 below)

NRAC #130 Aquaculture Species for the Northeast (replaced by #102-2008 & #103 below)

NRAC #102-2008 Freshwater Aquaculture Species for the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #103-2008 Marine Aquaculture Species for the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #104-2008 Aquaculture Systems for the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #301-2008 Growing Ornamental Aquatic Plants as a Business in the Northeastern United States (PDF)

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Finfish Culture

NRAC #111 General Fish Health Management (PDF)

NRAC #112 A Manual for Nonlethal Surgical Procedures to Obtain Tissue Samples for use in Fish Health Inspection (email ssadams@umd.edu for printed copy)

NRAC #113 Fish Health Inspections: What are they? (Replaced by #106-2008 below)

NRAC #140 Processing and Marketing Aquacultured Fish (PDF or HTML)

NRAC #222 Evaluation of Artificial Diets for Cultured Fish (PDF)

NRAC #00-001 Diseases of Cultured Flatfish: Diagnosis and Prevention (PDF)

NRAC #106-2008 Fish Health Inspections (PDF)

NRAC #201-2009 Fish Diseases: Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) (PDF)

NRAC #202-2009 Fish Diseases: Mycobacteriosis of Fish (PDF)

NRAC #203-2009 Fish Diseases: Spring Viremia of Carp (SVC) (PDF)

NRAC #218-2010 An Overview of Baitfish Aquaculture in the Northeast (PDF)

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Shellfish Culture

NRAC #201-2010 Softshell Clam Culture: Basic Biology and General Culture Considerations (PDF)

NRAC #202-2010 Softshell Clam Culture: Hatchery Phase, Broodstock Care through Seed Production (PDF)

NRAC #203-2010 Softshell Clam Culture: Nursery and Growout Phases through Harvest (PDF)

NRAC #204-2010 Lipid Enrichment of Eastern Oyster Broodstock Using Commercially Available Emulsions (PDF)

NRAC #206-2010 Cross-Breeding for Improved Growth and Disease Resistance in the Eastern Oyster (PDF)

NRAC #210-2010 Cultured Mussels of the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #211-2010 Mussel Aquaculture in the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #212-2010 Shellfish Upweller Silo Construction: 101 (PDF)

NRAC #213-2010 Biology of the Bay Scallop (PDF)

NRAC #214-2010 Hatchery Culture of the Bay Scallop (PDF)

NRAC #215-2010 Nursery Culture of the Bay Scallop (PDF)

NRAC #216-2010 Grow-out Culture of the Bay Scallop (PDF)

NRAC #217-2010 Biology of the Atlantic Jacknife (Razor) Clam (Ensis directus Conrad, 1843) (PDF)

NRAC #160 Growing Microalgae to Feed Bivalve Larvae (HTML) (PDF)

NRAC #180 Major Predators of Cultured Shellfish (PDF)

NRAC #200 History & Impact of MSX & Dermo Diseases on Oyster Stocks in the Northeast Region (PDF)

NRAC #210 Genetic Improvement of the Eastern Oyster for Growth & Disease Resistance in the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #220 Producing Oyster Seed by Remote Setting (PDF)

NRAC #00-002 Nursery Growout Methods for Aquacultured Shellfish (PDF)

NRAC #00-007 Control of Predators on Cultured Shellfish: Exclusion Strategies (PDF)

NRAC #00-008 The effect of UV Irradiation on Perkinsus marinus and its potential use to reduce transmission via shellfish effluents (PDF)

NRAC #02-001 Shellfish producers quality assurance program

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Water Quality and Waste Management

NRAC #170 An Introduction to Water Chemistry in Freshwater Aquaculture (PDF or HTML)

NRAC #00-003 Aquaculture Effluents: A Guide for Water Quality Regulators and Aquaculturists (PDF)

NRAC #105-2008 Environmental Effects of Shellfish Aquaculture in the Northeast (PDF)

NRAC #209-2010 Harmful Algae and Marine Aquaculture in the Northeastern United States (PDF)

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North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) Fact Sheets and Other Publications

Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) Fact Sheets

Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture (CTSA) Fact Sheets and Other Publications

Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC) Fact Sheets and Other Publications

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Last updated: 12/8/2011

Best Management Practices for the East Coast Shellfish Aquaculture Industry (June 2010) - a manual produced by the East Coast Shellfish Grower's Association (ECSGA) with funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agrigulture, the Northeast Regional Aquaculture Center, and NOAA's Office of Aquaculture.

New NRAC Fact Sheets

NRAC #207-2010 Cooperatives in Aquaculture

NRAC #209-2010 Harmful Algae and Marine Aquaculture in the Northeastern United States

NRAC #213-2010 Biology of the Bay Scallop

NRAC #214-2010 Hatchery Culture of the Bay Scallop

NRAC #215-2010 Nursery Culture of the Bay Scallop

NRAC #216-2010 Grow-out Culture of the Bay Scallop

NRAC #217-2010 Biology of the Atlantic Jacknife (Razor) Clam (Ensis directus Conrad, 1843)

NRAC #218-2010 An Overview of Baitfish Aquaculture in the Northeast