Periodically lakes and ponds require liming to maintain alkalinity levels. Testing a water sample is a convenient method to determine current total alkalinity and total hardness levels and determin ...

Need help identifying a weed in your pond? This brochure will show you how to gather a sample to send to your county Extension office for assistance. Fill in your information online, print, and send w ...

This publication summarizes the basic biology of the Amazonian apple snail (Pomacea maculate), provides means of identification, summarizes the likely method of introduction and the impacts ...

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This publication summarizes the basic biology of the venomous lionfish, (Pterois volitans and P. miles), provides means of identification, summarizes the likely method of introduction and the impacts ...

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U.S. farm-raised catfish is the ninth most popular item of all fish and seafood products consumed in the United States. Americans eat 15.5 pounds of fish and seafood per person per year, and each A ...

Gulf of Mexico fishermen harvest many species of seafood. The four most economically valuable forms landed in Alabama are shrimp, blue crabs, oysters, and fish. Alabama seafood processors, in turn ...

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Alabama’s shellfish aquaculture industry produces oysters through off-bottom farming using an adjustable long-line system and floating cages. The first farm started in 2012, and although jobs have bee ...

There are three native species of penaeid shrimp in the Gulf Coast region, vital to both the food shrimp industry and the recreational/sport fishing industry. Technical and economic factors limit live ...

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Archaeologists investigate oyster shell middens (piles of shucked oyster shells) to learn more about America’s earliest human inhabitants. Pottery and other artifacts found in middens provide evid ...

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Learn how Alabama Extension's Aquatic Resources Program Team provides science-based programs in aquaculture (freshwater and marine), private pond and lake management, coastal resources, commercial and ...