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Partnering With Food Banks

Since 2003 Freshwater Institute has donated more than 181,000 pounds of fish to help feed the hungry. Click here to read the article published by The Federation of Virginia Food Banks.

Football sized trout!

Football-sized rainbow trout are waiting to be caught by anglers in several Maryland streams and rivers thanks to a generous donation by The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute. See the Press Release by Maryland DNR.

Green Infrastructure lecture

Michael Schwartz, Senior Environmental Associate of the Freshwater Institute, will present a talk with maps on Jefferson County Green Infrastructure on Tuesday, 17 April 2007 at 7:30 pm at the Byrd/Snyder Science Hall, Shepherd University. Room number will be posted at all entrances. This is a special presentation hosted by the Jefferson County Watersheds Coalition.

Spotlight
Development of Sustainable Land-based Aquaculture Production Systems

19.5-month-old rainbow trout grown in reuse system

Freshwater Institute engineers and scientists are working to develop and evaluate new technologies for land-based aquaculture systems. Current research includes a collaborative study with WVU and USDA evaluating changes in fillet quality as rainbow trout approach maturation at 20+ months post-hatch.
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