K-12 Program
Kentucky’s “Aquaculture Educator” works with K-12 teachers across the state, assisting teachers in:
- Providing students with a greater awareness and understanding of aquaculture,
- Motivating students to learn and improve math and science skills through an applied “problem-based” approach, and
- Exploring with students the potential of aquaculture as a profitable agricultural activity in Kentucky.
Aquaculture School Activities Expanding
Teaching aquaculture courses, and development of experiential learning activities in aquaculture, have been rapidly developing at the secondary school level. Scattered over different regions of the Commonwealth, 47 high schools and vo-ag programs currently have aquaculture activities. These efforts are extremely important for increasing awareness of aquaculture among young Kentuckians while their minds are still open to new enterprises.
Aquaculture Education Teaching Resources & Instructional Materials
Aquaculture Instructional Materials currently available from the National Council for Agricultural Education
- Aquaculture Curriculum Guide (5 module set)
- Series of 13 “How To” aquaculture instructional guides
- “Tilapia, Reproduction and Growth in Educational Environments”
- “Aquatic Resources: Awareness, Understanding and Uses for Educational Purposes”
- “Aquaculture Education, Electronic Instructional Library” (a CD ROM containing all aquaculture instructional materials developed by The Council)
- Contact: National Council for Agricultural Education, 1410 King St., Suite 400, Alexandria, Va. 22314
- Phone: (800) 772-0939
- Fax: (703) 838-5888
Aquaculture Science, 2nd Ed. by Rick Parker
- Contact: Delmar/Thomson Learning, 3 Columbia Circle, P.O. Box 15015, Albany, Ny. 12212-5015
- Phone: (800) 730-2214
- Fax: (800) 730-2215
Aquaculture: An Introduction, by J. Lee and M. New
- Contact: Interstate Publishers, Inc., 510 Vermillion St., P.O. Box 50, Danville, Il. 61834-0050
- Phone: (800) 843-4774
- Fax: (217) 446-9706
Aquaculture, by Susan S. Walker
- Contact: Multistate Academic and Vocational Curriculum Consortium, 1500 West Seventh Ave., Stillwater, Ok 74074
- Phone: (800) 654-3988
Recirculating Aquaculture Set-Up Chronological Assistance Letter (RASCAL’s)
- Contact: New England Board of Higher Education, 45 Temple Place, Boston, MA 02111
Aquaculture Teaching Module
- Contact: Applied Technologies, P.O. Box 1419, Calhoun, GA 30703
- Phone: (800) 334-4943
- Fax: (706) 629-6761
Aquaculture Education Teacher Reference Manuals
- Contact: Freshwater Institute, P.O. Box 1889, Shepherdstown, WV 25443
- Phone: (304) 876-2815
- Fax: (304) 870-2208
Aquaponics Curriculum
- Contact: Nelson/Pade Multimedia, P.O. Box 1848 Mariposa, CA 95338
- Phone: (209) 742-6869
- Fax: (209) 742-4402
Further Reading
The following Internet addresses are useful for teachers and students of aquaculture:
- Kentucky Department of Agriculture
- The Alternative Farming Systems Information Center
- American Fisheries Society
- American Tilapia Association
- Aquacultural Engineering Society
- Aquaculture and Hydroponics (Aquaponics)
- Aquaculture Outlook Reports
- Auburn University Aquaculture/Fisheries
- Freshwater Institute
- North Central Regional Aquaculture Center
- Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center
- Southern Regional Aquaculture Center
- U.S. Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture
- Western Regional Aquaculture Center
- World Aquaculture Society
Aquatic Resources Software
Getting Started in Freshwater Aquaculture. 1998. ISBN 0-931682-71-1.
- By: LaDon Swann, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program, Purdue University, Department of Animal Sciences, West Lafayette, In. 47907-1026.
- Phone: (765) 494-6264
SRAC Publications Collection – August 1998, Texas Agricultural Regional Extension
Service.
Aquaculture Interactive – A Digital Aquaculture Textbook
- Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, 5600 U.S. 1 North, Fort Pierce, Fl. 34946
Aquatic Systems Engineering. 1996. ISBN 1-888381-05-1
- By: P.R. Escobal. Dimension Engineering Press, P.O. Box 2327, Oznard, Ca. 93034-2327.
- Phone: (805) 487-2248
- Fax: (805) 486-2491
Ponds
- Via Oregon State University
Fishy 3.5
- Mississippi State University, Agricultural Economics Department, Box 9755, Mississippi State, Ms. 39762.
- Phone: (601) 325-2750
- Fax: (601) 325-8777
Aquatic Video Resources
Fish Health Management (5, 20 minute videos)
- By: University of Florida, Hillsborough (FL) County Cooperative Extension Service, Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association and the Pet Care Trust
FTFFA
- P.O. Box 1519, Winterhaven, Fl. 33882
- Fax: (991) 299-5154
Major Aquaculture Suppliers (free catalogs*)
Aquatic Eco-Systems, Inc.,
- 1767 Benbow Court, Apopka, FL 32703
- Phone: (877) 347-4788
AquaCenter, Inc.
- 166 Seven Oaks Rd., Leland, MS 38756
- Phone: (800) 748-8921
Aquaculture Supply, LCC
- 668 Time Saver Ave., New Orleans, LA 70123
- Phone: (504) 736-9360
- Fax: (504) 736-9373
Southern Aquaculture Supply Company
- P.O. Box 326, 931 Saint Mary’s St., Lake Village, AR 71653
- Phone: (870) 265-3584
- Fax: (870) 265-4146
Keeton Industries, Inc.
- 300 Lincoln Ct., Fort Collings, CO 80524
- Phone: (970) 493-4831
- Fax: (970) 493-4921
Argent Laboratories
- 8702 152nd Ave., N.E., Redmond, WA 98052
- Phone: (800) 426-6258
- Fax: (425) 885-2112
Aquaculture Society’s and Journals
Kentucky Aquaculture Association
- 4954 Paris Pike, Lexington, KY 40511
- Phone: (502) 564-9103
- Basic membership: $50.00
- Newsletter: KAA Newsletter (free w/membership) – Kentucky Fish Farming
World Aquaculture Society
- 143 J M Parker Coliseum, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803
- Phone: (225) 388-3137
- Fax: (225) 388-3493
- Basic membership: $60.00
- U.S. Chapter: $5.00
- Magazine: World Aquaculture (free w/membership)
American Fisheries Society
- 5410 Grosvenor Lane, Suite 110, Bethesda, MD 20814
- Phone: (301) 897-8616 x218
- Fax: (301) 897-8096
- Basic membership: $76.00
- Journal: North American Journal of Aquaculture: $33.00/yr.
Aquaculture Magazine*
- With a 1 year subscription you will receive a “Buyers Guide,” a tremendous source for information on aquaculture suppliers, producers, research/extension/educational contacts, and technical support.
- P.O. Box 2329, Asheville, NC 28802
- Phone: (704) 254-7334
Aquaponics Journal
- Nelson/Pade Multimedia, P.O. Box 1848, Mariposa, CA 95338
- Phone: (209) 742-6869
- Fax: (209) 742-4402