Fresh Shrimp (Prawns)
To Be Harvested In Sept.
In Kentucky Farm Ponds
Kentucky farmers stock prawns in May and you get to see what comes out of their ponds in September.
They don't get any fresher than when weighed and purchased on the pond bank. Angela Caporelli of the Ky. Dept. of Agriculture has compiled a list of shrimp farmers, phone numbers and anticipated HARVEST DATES.
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NOTE: Next Ky. Aquaculture Assoc. meeting Wed., October 13,
10-Noon ET at KSU. Tentative video link to Marshall County Extension. |
Tilapia Taking Over Raceways From Pigs
In Shelby County Diversified Farm
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Raceways ready for new residents |
Tilapia headed for the raceways |
Story by Shawn Coyle / Photos by Charles Weibel
Phillip McCoun operates a diversified farm in Shelby County. He produces row crops, beef cattle, hogs and sheep. It is a family operation and he and his father farm over 2,000 acres. At one time, the farm produced more than a million pounds of pig meat annually.
Recent KSU Aquaculture graduate Andy Redden has been assisting Phillip in developing another crop – tilapia. He plans to conduct weekly farm visits until Phillip is up to speed.
The fish barn, once a farrowing barn for producing small “feeder” pigs, is no longer used. It contains six raceway-type concrete tanks, each holding approximately 6,000 gallons, that will be converted for growing tilapia.
A raceway tank can conservatively produce 1,000 tilapia weighing about
1 1/2 pounds each. This is Phillip’s first aquaculture venture. He feels that there is a strong market for tilapia in Shelby County. Phillip intends to target the Latino market, and sell live, fresh tilapia from his farm.
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Fish Genetics 
Principles of Aquaculture 
