SBIR/STTR Research Award
Establish Effective Feeding and Harvest Protocol for Rainbow Smelt
Award amount
$52,084Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2006Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- HARMON BROOK FARM
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Present supplies of rainbow smelt, both for live bait and human consumption, are provided, almost exclusively, by commercial harvest of wild populations. This project will develop alternative sources of rainbow smelt for the market and eventually reduce the harvest of wild populations. This project will shift the focus from commercial fishing of wild public resources to commercial fish culture techniques and aquaculture production.
Technology keywords
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