Madison Bell

Graduate Research Assistant

What I do for Sea Grant

I will be working on the Yellow Perch and Golden Shiner projects. I will work closely with University of Minnesota Sea Grant fisheries and aquaculture extension educators and other project staff raising Yellow Perch and Golden Shiner in the MNSG aquaculture lab. I will provide fish care, water quality sampling, and help with recording fish growth and feeding data.

Education

M.S. Conservation Sciences (in progress) University of Minnesota - Twin Cities B.S. Biology Macalester College Image credit: Madison Bell

Outreach Projects

Yellow perch swimming in water just above a bed of small gravel.

Egg-to-Market Yellow Perch Project

The University of Minnesota Sea Grant program is developing producer-scale methods for raising Yellow Perch fish from egg to market size in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS).

Two Golden Shiner bait fish laying next to a tape measure.

Increasing Golden Shiner Bait Production in Minnesota

The University of Minnesota Sea Grant program and partners are investigating new strategies for producing Golden Shiner fish for Minnesota’s bait industry.

MNSG Aquaculture Lab

The MNSG Aquaculture Lab is a training, demonstration and research facility on the University of Minnesota's St. Paul campus to introduce interested students and potential farmers to different concepts of aquaculture.