Aquaculture and Pond Management
Overview
OVERVIEW
Aquaculture and Pond Management are vital programs at Virginia State, providing producers and other stakeholders with resources and support primarily for freshwater aquaculture and outdoor pond management. These programs advance VSU’s mission of teaching, extension, and research through supporting sustainable, practical, and economically efficient forms of aquaculture and pond management. These programs focus on hands-on learning and demonstration to directly support stakeholders, providing student and youth education, strengthening aquaculture networks across the state, as well as improve production through applied research.
AQUACULTURE
Virginia State University currently operates several different aquaculture systems and facilities, which include 57 outdoor ponds (1/16th – 1/4th acre in size), an indoor hatchery, indoor and outdoor Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS), as well as a fish processing and demonstration kitchen. Fish and other aquatic organisms grown at VSU are primarily freshwater and include hybrid striped bass, channel catfish, largemouth bass, bluegill, freshwater prawn, rainbow trout, as well as Tilapia.
POND MANAGEMENT
With an estimated 80,000 ponds existing in Virginia, the pond management programming seeks to provide critical and practical resources to producers and other stakeholders to aid in effective and environmentally sound management of these pond resources.
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