At time of writing in 2010, the largest fish at Freshwater (pictured above) is a 23 pound rainbow trout, and it is still growing!
By comparison, the trout held by Senior Research Associate John Davidson (at left) is "only" 12 pounds.
However, most of our efforts are to grow fish to “market size”—and this 23-pound trout is much bigger than that! The market size for rainbow trout varies but generally runs around one pound. Here at Freshwater, we grow rainbow trout to about 3 pounds, which takes about a year.
Rainbow trout typically only grow to about a pound in the wild, depending on the state and location where they are caught.
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.
Take our quiz and learn more about fish farming and the research being done at our facility. Take the quiz >>
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