52 JUNE 2022 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WA S .ORG demonstration, education and technology transfer. The facility is a resource and information center with experience culturing over 15 important freshwater coolwater and coldwater aquaculture fish (Fig. 2), including rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss, brook trout Salvelinus fontinalis, lake trout Salvelinus namaycush, Arctic char Salvelinus alpinus, Atlantic salmon Salmo salar, lake herring Coregonus artedi, lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens, walleye Sander vitreus, saugeye (walleye hybrid) Sander vitreus × Sander canadensis, yellow perch Perca flavescens, spotfin shiner Cyprinella spiloptera, white sucker Catostomus commersonii, fathead minnow Pimephales promelas, brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus and sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus. History Located near the shores of Lake Superior in northernWisconsin on property owned by the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Native Americans, the facility has been operational for almost 20 years. The location was carefully chosen on the basis of important geological attributes related to topography, aquifer capacity, water quality and effluent management. The facility has a strong collaboration with the Red Cliff Tribal Fish Hatchery, providing technical assistance, workshops and trainings. The UWSP NADF facility was built to showcase aquaculture methods and research new aquaculture species for Wisconsin’s aquaculture industry and was driven by organizations and groups such as theWisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, the Wisconsin Aquaculture Association and the University of Wisconsin System, among others. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility (UWSP NADF) is a state-of the-art, dynamic facility, showcasing new advances in aquaculture system technology such as sustainable land-based recirculating aquaculture, while also providing traditional aquaculture systems such as flow-through raceways and outdoor ponds for industrybased research projects. The facility’s overall mission is to conduct research and advance the discovery, dissemination and application of knowledge for sustainable aquaculture in a northern climate and to promote aquaculture education. One of the facility’s main goals is to investigate high-value freshwater fish to support the growing demand for sustainable aquaculture products in the Midwest. Another crucial focus is to perform industry-applied and commercially scaled research projects while demonstrating effective aquaculture systems, management practices and technologies to various audiences. To support these goals, strong collaborations exist with a variety of groups including the private aquaculture industry, tribal, state and federal hatcheries, other universities, K-12 students, educators and other organizations interested in research, demonstration and educational projects. With a professionally trained staff of dedicated aquaculturists and biologists (Fig. 1), the facility maintains a high level of expertise for conducting projects with various cool and coldwater fish at various life stages while being a leader in developing a skilled and experienced workforce for the growing industry. One-of-a-Kind Aquaculture Facility The UWSP NADF is recognized as an international leader in recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology through research, Midwest Facility is a Successful Model for Research, Demonstration and Education for Freshwater Aquaculture Greg Fischer, Chris Hartleb, Kendall Holmes and Emma Wiermaa FIGURE 1. Staff at the UWSP NADF, clockwise from top left: Chris Hartleb, Director, Greg Fischer, Assistant Director/Research Programs Manager, Kendall Holmes, Facility Foreman, Lisa Yolitz, Office Operations, Robert Lawrence, Technician, Sam Patula, Technician, Jared Neibauer, Advanced Technician, Emma Wiermaa, Outreach Specialist. Located near the shores of Lake Superior in northernWisconsin on property owned by the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Native Americans, the facility has been operational for almost 20 years. The location was carefully chosen on the basis of important geological attributes related to topography, aquifer capacity, water quality and effluent management.
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