Shrimp Farming Schools

Kentucky State University

• Kentucky State University's aquaculture program works with many types of commercially viable farmed seafood, including shrimp. Their department has ongoing research on genetic improvement of Freshwater Prawns. Students can earn an Aquaculture Master of Science or an undergraduate Aguaculture minor. Online courses include Fish Genetics, Principles of Aquaculture, Fish Reproduction and Spawning Techniques, and Fish Diseases. The aquaculture facilities include multiple research ponds, a hatchery, a paddlefish greenhouse and a shrimp greenhouse.

  Kentucky State University

  103 Athletic Road

  Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

  502-597-8103

  ksuaquaculture.org

University of Wisconson-Madison

• The state of Wisconsin has a well-established aquaculture program with more than 350 fish farmers raising a variety of food, game and bait fish. Both undergraduate and graduate programs in aquaculture are available at UW-Madison. Aquaculture students will train and research in the Water Science and Engineering laboratory and the Lake Mills State Fish Hatchery. The hatchery features over 40 ponds, two indoor raceways, eight outdoor raceways and an abundant supply of flake water. The aquaculture program at UW-Madison prepares students for both academic and industry positions in aquaculture.

  University of Wisconson-Madison Aquaculture Program

  Department of Animal Sciences

  658 Animal Sciences

  1675 Observatory Drive

  Madison, WI 53706

  608-263-1242

  ansci.wisc.edu

University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

• The aquaculture program at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is the only comprehensive aquaculture program within the Arkansas university system. It supports the state's growing aquaculture industry by training students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for academic and industry aquaculture positions. Educational emphasis is on hands-on training in earthen ponds and small, experimental and large commercial rivers and lakes. Students work in labs equipped with sophisticated modeling software. They apply analytical procedures to analyze samples from the field, including information on fish health, disease, growth and food habitat. Students receive real-world training by working with and assisting Arkansas aquaculture farmers.

  University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

  Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries

  1200 North University Drive

  Mail Slot 4912

  Pine Bluff, AR 71601

  uaex.edu