Project Number: 6402-31000-009-12
Project Type: Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement

Start Date: Jan 01, 2012
End Date: Dec 31, 2013

Objective:
Development of spawning aids or hormone delivery methods to improve the efficiency of channel x blue hybrid catfish embryo production.

Approach:
Conduct spawning trials to assess the effective peptide analog or hormone delivery methods to induce maturation and ovulation in channel catfish and also to measure the associated physiological responses to the treatments.