LOUISIANA 



Aquaculture Program, James W. 



Avault, Jr., Program Leader 

 School of Forestry, Wildlife and 



Fisheries 

 Louisiana State University 

 Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6262 



Phone: (504)388-4131 

 FAX: (504) 388-4227 



Research areas: 



Economics and marketing; engineering; feeds 

 and nutrition; food science; genetics; 

 pathology; production systems; statistics; 

 water quality. 



Civil Engineering Aquatic Systems 



Laboratory, 



College of Engineering 



Louisiana State University 



Baton Rouge, LA 70803-6405 

 Phone: (504) 388-8666 

 FAX: (504) 388-8662 



Research areas: 



Automation and computer controls; filtration; 

 recirculating systems. 



Louisiana Sea Grant College Program 

 Center for Wetland Resources 

 Louisiana State University 

 Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7507 



Phone: (504) 388-6445 

 FAX: (504) 388-6331 



Research areas: 



Automation and control of production systems 

 (algae and soft crayfish); biofiltration; 

 economics; management; hypermedia 

 development and expert systems; recirculating 

 systems design; shrimp reproduction. 



Coordinator, Wildlife Management 

 Dept. of Life Science 

 Northwestern State University 

 Natchitoches, LA 71497 



Research areas: 



Paddlefish spawning. 



Crawfish Research Center 



University of Southwestern Louisiana 



P.O. Box 44650 

 Lafayette, LA 70504 



Phone: (318)321-5239 

 FAX: (318)231-5395 



Research areas: 



Crawfish research (pond culture, soft-shell 

 production, fish and crawfish polyculture, 

 physiology); non-traditional fish culture 

 (bowfin, sunfish, freshwater drum and 

 minnows); ornamental fish culture (koi carp 

 and goldfish). 



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