Students in 13 schools across Pennsylvania are getting a hands-on opportunity to grow channel catfish for their local waterways.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission provides fingerling-size catfish to the schools in October, and the students care for them throughout the school year.
"They are raising channel catfish, which are a little hardier (than trout) when it comes to rearing them, especially in the school," said Brian McHail, unit leader for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission's Cooperative Nursery Unit. The students use scientific and biologically based methods with the fish; they study water quality and growth rates, for example.
Source: verticalfarmdaily.com
Categories: Pennsylvania, Education