SBIR/STTR Research Award
SBIR Phase I: Out-of-Season Spawning Technologies to Double Yellow Perch Fingerling Production
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Coolwater Aquaculture, LLC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project is to develop a reliable method to spawn yellow perch out-of-season, thereby allowing for the production of two crops of fingerlings per year. Photothermal and hormonal methodologies will be used to induce out-of-season spawning. It is anticipated that the technology developed during this project will lead to the doubling of annual fingerling production from existing farms. The greater availability of fingerlings should markedly reduce their cost, and translate into greater profits for growout producers.
The commercial application of this project is in the area of aquaculture.
Technology keywords
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