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Director: Gary Thorgaard and Ken Cain
Contact: Paul Wheeler at 509-335-1526 or pwheeler@wsunix.wsu.edu
at WSU and
Scott Williams at 208-885-5706 or scottrw@uidaho.edu
1. Services and Staffing:
The aquaculture core is established to insure proper and consistent
handling and rearing of the animals among the projects. The primary species
being reared is rainbow trout, but the UI facilities also have capabilities
for rearing warmwater fishes. The aquaculture core is composed of three
parts. The Washington State University facility, the part of the core
which is funded by the CRB, includes a number of recirculating systems
which can accommodate small-scale laboratory experiments. This facility
is also involved in propagating several clonal rainbow trout lines for
research purposes. This part of the core is staffed by Paul Wheeler with
oversight provided by Gary Thorgaard. The second and third components
are at the University of Idaho. The second component consists of a recirculating
facility on the Moscow campus which is primarily used for short-term rearing
of experimental fishes by U of I researchers. This component is being
developed with support of the UI Aquaculture Research Institute and is
currently staffed with a full-time hatchery manager (Scott Williams).
The third component of the aquaculture core is located at the Hagerman
research station of the University of Idaho and is used to support broodstock
rearing and the more long-term, applied experiments. The oversight for
the U of I parts of the core is provided by Ken Cain. Ron Hardy, a CRB
member, is director of the UI Aquaculture Research Institute and is based
at the Hagerman research station.
2. Resources:
WSU - Different sized tanks are available in different recirculating
systems to maximize efficiency and usefulness. Since each unit
is a closed system, the experiments of individual investigators
will not be compromised by neighboring projects. The advantage
of this component is its proximity to the research laboratories
and its support of the more technical projects, especially those
requiring clonal or monosex trout for experiments.
UI Moscow facilities - Each recirculating system is composed of different
sized tanks to maximize efficiency and usefulness. Since each unit is
a closed system, the experiments of individual investigators will not
be compromised by neighboring projects. This facility includes an expanded
and refurbished system for rearing juvenile fish. The advantage of this
component is its proximity with the research laboratories and its support
of the more technical projects.
Aquaculture Research
Institute
UI Hagerman facilities - This component has both outdoor raceways
that are large enough to handle mature broodstock (both salmonid
and sturgeon) and a wet lab containing multiple individual tanks
on single pass spring water. Animals assigned to the outdoor
raceways will be pit-tagged for identification. Feeding and medication
of the animals will be provided by the staff; all experimental
protocols will be conducted by the principal investigators and
their associates. Although this facility is located in southern
Idaho at a distance from the campuses, the quality and volume
of water available for the rearing of fish make this part of
the core a significant asset to our overall program.
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