The 8,300 square foot Aquaculture Faciility at Southern Illinois University was built in 1986 and features more than 50 tanks and raceways for fish rearing, diet experimentation and manufacture. This state-of-the-art facility is regularly reconfigured to research specifications on current projects
Aerial photo of SIUC Touch of Nature Facility showing the 90 research ponds, graduate student living facility, water reservoir, and all weather roads. Rearing of catfish, largemouth bass, hybrid striped bass, and fresh water prawn are conducted at this facility, located about 8 miles south of Carbondale.
