Arctic char seen through the window of the largest tank at The Freshwater Institute
The Freshwater Institute primarily does research on the production of fish as a food source and focuses on growing Atlantic salmon, Arctic char and Rainbow trout, all Salmonid species that grow in cooler waters.
How is it possible to grow a fish like the Arctic char—a native to Canada and Arctic areas—in West Virginia? Arctic char has a wide tolerance to water temperature and actually grows the fastest in a water temperature of 55 degrees—that just happens to be the mean temperature of the water source on our campus.
A view of the stream that runs from Freshwater's water source.
The catfish is the most common fish grown in U.S. aquaculture.
A research partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service and the Freshwater Institute has refined a new model for fish farming, one that can produce healthy fish, leave a healthy environment, and be done almost anyplace, even far from large water resources. Learn more.
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1098 Turner Road
Shepherdstown, WV 25443-4228
Phone: 304-876-2815
Fax: 304-870-2208
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