Major Aquaculture Projects and Cooperative Research
PAS provides information on the feasibility, design and construction of new production sites as well as the evaluation of existing sites. These production sites rely on PAS to market their products and to guide further expansion plans. PAS is also working with fish producers and researchers in China, Taiwan and other countries to introduce new species such as striped bass. PAS contracts with existing farms covering all aspects of the business including breeding, spawning, rearing, marketing, processing and distribution of fish.
  • Constructed hatchery facilities. Refined techniques and production of striped bass, white sturgeon and other warm water fish.
  • Selected and constructed two high desert geothermal sites in California.
  • Conducted cooperative research of Sturgeon and Striped bass with the University of California Davis.
  • Investigated and evaluated production sites in Nevada, Oregon and Utah.
  • Developed marketing programs, performed cost analysis and formulated budgets.
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  • Collected wild white sturgeon from the upper Sacramento River for propagation and rearing research.
  • Conducted feed trial on larval striped bass.
  • Develop husbandry practices for production of striped bass for recreational lakes and for live fish markets.
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  • Exported Channel catfish for the development of aquaculture in central Chile.
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  • Constructed and operated a 175 acre warm water fish production site in Chico California.
  • Developed hatchery for incubation of eggs and production of larval fish.
  • Designed, constructed and operated a tank culture production system.
  • Sold product and directed deliveries of 8 species of fish.
  • Successfully performed on bids for State and Federal contracts.
  • Marketing experience includes Federal and State agencies, Asian fish markets, private lakes, commercial fish farms and retail sales to the public.
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  • Channel catfish induced spawning - Eric Halland U.C. Davis
  • Channel catfish genetics –  Dr.Graham Gall, U.C. Davis
  • Channel catfish disease identification and treatment – Dr. Ron Hedrick, U.C. Davis
  • White sturgeon spawning and Brood stock development – Dr. Surge Doroshov, U.C. Davis
  • Striped Bass larval growth confirmation- Dr. Joe Zinkle – David Ostrach  U.C. Davis
  • Cooperative Extension Workshops –  Dr. Fred Conte U.C. Davis
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  • Produced striped bass fingerlings for stock enhancement of the Coos river in Central Oregon for 10 consecutive years.
  • Marked and freeze branded fingerling for survival and recruitment research.
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  • Reconstructed a large geothermal fish production site in eastern Nevada for the production of channel catfish.
  • Formulated production models for raceway production of channel catfish.
  • Developed markets for fresh fish in Las Vegas and surrounding areas.
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  • Developed markets for larval and fingerling striped bass, sturgeon, and Sacramento blackfish.
  • Produced and exported larva to sites in central China.
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  • Conducted site search and evaluation is Nevada and Utah for aquaculture potential
  • Set up pilot projects at several sites for data collection on fish growth.
  • Instructed local farmers in the basics of aquaculture and multiple use of water.
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  • Collected wild white sturgeon from the Columbia River for propagation and rearing of wild sturgeon fingerlings.
  • Constructed a sturgeon hatchery for the production of fingerling white sturgeon for the Bonneville Power mitigation project.
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  • Developed techniques for the collection spawning and rearing of striped bass for California Department of Fish and Game stocking permits.
  • Successfully completed bids for over 1.5 million fish stocked in the Sacramento Delta
  • Produced the only domestic striped bass genetic strain in the western United States.
  • Developed markets for live striped bass in The San Francisco Bay area.
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