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Research Project: Developing Nutritional, Genetic, and Management Strategies to Enhance Warmwater Finfish Production

Location: Harry K. Dupree Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Cntr

Title: Channel catfish production in a biofloc technology system

Author
item Green, Bartholomew - Bart
item Schrader, Kevin
item PERSWCHBACHER, PETER - UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT PINE BLUFF

Submitted to: World Aquaculture Society Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 12/5/2016
Publication Date: 6/26/2017
Citation: Green, B.W., Schrader, K., Perswchbacher, P.W. 2017. Channel catfish production in a biofloc technology system [abstract]. World Aquaculture Society Meeting, June 26-30, 2017, Cape Town, South Aftica. p. 235.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: High yields are obtained from an outdoor biofloc technology (BFT) production system in response to high stocking and feeding rates because the biofloc, which is maintained in suspension by continuous aeration, metabolizes excreted feed nitrogen (N). Penaeid shrimp and tilapia are grown in the BFT system because they can derive some nutrition from consuming the biofloc. For fish like the channel catfish, which derives little or no nutrition from the biofloc, the BFT system is a water quality management tool that permits production intensification and increased water use efficiency. We investigated channel catfish production, water quality and phytoplankton dynamics, and common off-flavors in a series of production experiments conducted in outdoor, 18.6-m2 tanks.