United Farms, Inc.
Pond 7 (10.51 acres)

Stocking Dates Mortalities Estimated Harvest Dates
Harvest Dates Feed Input General Water Quality

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                            Catfish

Date

 Head Stocked Weight Stocked (lb) Head/acre Average Weight/fish
October 29, 1997 43,273 12,333 4,094 0.285
February 12, 1999 44,866 4,397 4,245 0.098
May 26, 1999 45,893 1,285 4,342 0.028

                                      Bighead Carp

Date

 Weight Stocked (lb) Average Weight/fish
January 29, 1998 4,389 #30

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Date

 Head Harvested Weight Harvested (lb) lb/acre Average Weight/fish
August 24, 1998 15,207 23,340 2,223 1.5
January 5, 1999 11,745 21,024 2,002 1.8
January 8, 1999 6,630 11,686 1,113 1.8
September 21, 1999 11,506 21,861 2,082 1.9

*Refer to the CYVT Report for harvesting protocols.

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None recorded.

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Feed input (lb/acre/day) since initial stocking on September 18, 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 (lb) Harvest Size (lb)
November 24, 1998 5,676 8,972 1.58
May 19, 1999 17,245 25,867 1.50
July 17, 1999 4,485 6,727 1.50

 

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Water quality since initial stocking on September 18, 1998 - December 2, 1999.

Temp (C)a pHa Hardnessb Alkalinityb Nitritea NH3a TANa Clb
n 56 53 7 9 55 35 56 8
Average 24.2 8.1 222.3 224.2 0.0 0.2 1.7 68.4
Minimum 8.5 7.4 205.2 188.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 22.3
Maximum 36.0 9.0 256.5 256.5 0.3 1.0 5.6 180.0

n = Number of samples
*  Water quality based on 2 year average from weekly and monthly water samples.
a Weekly samples
b Monthly samples

Pond 6     Pond 8