overproduction in the past 15 years has kept prices low; for 

 example, small-minnow prices were $5 per pound in 1951 and $1 per 

 pound in 1973. Fish may grow rapidly from a profitable to 

 unprofitable size. The author views minnow farming as a typical 

 farm venture involving large capital investment in land and 

 equipment, with present prices allowing expansion of existing 

 operations, but not development of separate operations. Even so, 

 he views the future optimistically. U.S. bait fish pond area 

 acreage is estimated to be 50,000 acres, with 29,091 acres in 

 Arkansas, 12,900 acres in Minnesota, 1^740 acres in Mississippi 

 1,500 acres in Louisiana, and 1,200 acres in Missouri. 

 Subject descriptors: 



Minnows; baitfish; risks; problems; industry development; 

 production data; outlook. 



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Lewis, William M.; Heidinger, Boy. 



1971. 



Aguaculture potential of hybrid sunfish. 



Amer. Fish Farmer World Aquacult. News 2 (5) : 14-16. 



On the basis of certain characteristics established in biological 



experiments and the researchers' assessment of product 



characteristics relative to catfish, it is expected that hybrid 



sunfish will be produced in substantial quantities for food and 



recreational markets. With respect to density control in ponds, 



feed response, oxygen-depletion tolerance, growth rate, and other 



measures, for all of which some data are provided, hybrid sunfish 



are judged suitable for commercial production. 



Subject descriptors: 



Hybrid sunfish; biology; biological feasibility; experiment; 



method evaluation; outlook. 



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Martino, K. V.; Mustafin, R. M. 



1972. 



The economic effectiveness of acclimatizing grass carp in the 



lower reaches of the Volga (Ekonomicheskaya ef f ektivnost • 



akklimatizatstii belogo amura v nizov'yakh Volgi) . 



Ryb. Khoz. , 48(9): 86-87. (Copy of translation available on loan 



from NMFS.) 



Expenditures and prime cost of breeding and raising grass carp 



from the egg to its release into the Volga are discussed. The 



prime cost of raising one grass carp under yearling from the egg 



to its release is 2 kopeks. The cost of 1 kg of grass carp 



raised in the river and capable of being fished ranges from 1.61 



rubles to 2.14 rubles, depending on the size of the stock/ 



specified assumptions, and other factors. These costs are 



declining and were 37% lower in 1970 than in 1966. Product form 



affects profitability. Adding fishing (harvesting) and delivery 



costs (0.48 rubles) to prime costs brings total cost (2.09 to 



2.62 rubles) above the market price for wild carp (0.67 rubles). 



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