Impact on Net Pen Culture on Water Quality and Fish Populations on Bull Shoals Reservoir

摘要

A net pen fish culture facility on Bull Shoals Reservoir located in north central Arkansas has been in operation since 1975 and presently produces approximately 205,010 kg of channel catfish, blue catfish and rainbow trout each year. This study examined the water quality, plankton abundance and fish populations in an attempt to determine any changes in these parameters resulting from the net pen operation on the reservoir.