Halley Farm
Pond 16 (14 acres)

Stocking Dates Mortalities Estimated Harvest Dates
Harvest Dates Feeding Rates General Water Quality

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)   Stocking Dates

Catfish

Date

Head Stocked Weight Stocked (lb) Head/acre Average Weight/fish
April 10, l998 89,858 4,429 6,418 0.049
May 6, 1998 15,050 648 1,075 0.043
April 20, 1999 78,172 2,267 5,584 0.029
September 13, 1999 94,589 3,112 6,756 0.033

          Carp

Date Number
June 1998 490

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)   Harvest Dates

Date

Head Harvested Weight Harvested (lb) lb/acre Average Weight/Fish (lb)
September 2, 1999 20,427 36,768 2,626 1.8

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)   Mortalities

Date Estimated Mortality (head) Estimated Mortality (lb) Diagnosis
May 25, 1998 3,012 290 ESC
October 10, 1998 772 399 ESC
October 13-27, 1998 1,000 588 ESC

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)    Feeding Rates

* Fish will not be fed until spring.

Feed input (lb/ac/day) since initial stocking on April 10, 1998.

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Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)    Estimated Harvest Dates (based on data entered in Fishy 98)

Projected harvest dates

Harvest Date Harvest Number Harvest Weight Harvest Size (lb)
July 1,1999 1,531 2,296 1.5
August 15, 1999 14,697 22,046 1.5
August 30, 1999 1,302 1,953 1.5
September 25, 1999 67,032 100,548 1.5
October 22, 1999 11,500 17,251 1.5
May 3, 2000 877 1,316 1.5
June 16, 2000 170 255 1.5

Flash-Button.gif (1653 bytes)  General Water Quality

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Water quality since initial stocking on April 10, 1998- November 29, 1999.

Temp (C)a pHa Hardnessb Alkalinityb Nitritea NH3a TANa Clb
n 116 49 3 3 46 28 49 5
Average 28.3 7.8 347.7 165.0 0.0 0.1 2.4 279.0
Minimum 9.5 6.5 307.8 154.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 135.0
Maximum 34.5 8.4 376.2 171.1 1.0 0.5 7.6 405.0

n = Number of samples
*  Water quality based on 1 year average from weekly and monthly water samples.
a Weekly samples
b Monthly samples

                                                  
Pond H17