Vegetation Conversion in Pondfish Culture
A technique of vegetation conversion for the liberation of nutrients contained in filamentous algae and submerged rooted aquatic plants is presented as a practice which may prove useful in the management of warm-water hatchery ponds and possibly small farm ponds. An experiment in the production of bluegill fingerlings was conducted comparing three methods of fertilization with the vegetation converson technique. The rate of production in the conversion treatment compared favorably with that in two of the three fertilizer treatments and the cost of production was less than half that of the...
