Pond H17

Halley Farm
Pond 17 (14 acres)

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

Stocking Dates

Catfish

Date	Head Stocked	Weight Stocked (b)	Head/acre	Average Weight/Fish
April 10, 1998	90,061	4,439	6,433	0.049
May 6, 1998	15,050	648	1,075	0.043
April 20, 1999	81,172	2,354	5,798	0.029

Carp

Date	Head Stocked
May 28, 1998	70
June 1998	420

Harvest Dates

Date	Head Harvested	Weight Harvested (lb)	lb/acre	Average Weight/fish (lb)
March 3, 1999	1,220	1,830	131	1.5
April 30, 1999	9,987	11,984	856	1.2
August 10, 1999	28,353	43,878	3,134	1.5

* Refer to the CYVT Report for harvesting protocols.

Date	Estimated Mortality (head)	Estimated Mortality (lb)	Diagnosis
May 25, 1998	2,689	290	ESC
October 8, 1998	1,003	524	ESC
October 27, 1998	500	297	ESC

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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Estimated Harvest Dates (based on data entered in Fishy 98)

Projected harvest dates

Harvest Date	Harvest Number	Harvest Weight (lb)	Harvest Size (lb)
July 5, 1999	1,507	2,260	1.50
August 16, 1999	14,752	22,129	1.50
September 8, 1999	1,273	1,910	1.50
September 29, 1999	67,360	101,040	1.50
November 6, 1999	11,465	17,198	1.50
May 13, 2000	846	1,269	1.50
June 18, 2000	170	255	1.50

General Water Quality

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

	Temp (C)^a	pH^a	Hardness^b	Alkalinity^b	Nitrite^a	NH₃^a	TAN^a	Cl^b
n	85	47	3	3	45	34	48	4
Average	28.0	8.0	333.5	171.1	0.0	0.2	3.3	302.5
Minimum	14.5	7.4	307.8	154.0	0.0	0.1	0.5	135.0
Maximum	34.5	9.0	359.1	188.1	0.1	0.6	7.3	390.0

n = Number of samples
* Water quality based on 2 year average from weekly and monthly water samples.
^aWeekly samples
^bMonthly samples