Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture
The Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture conducts research on water quality and wildlife habitat within agricultural settings. MAFES scientists in wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture also have research appointments in the university's Forest and Wildlife Research Center. Scientists in the Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center are also academically housed within the department.
To learn more please visit https://www.wildlifefisheries.msstate.edu/
Dr. Mark McConnell, assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture in the College of
Forest Resources and scientist with MAFES and the Forest...
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MAFES scientists, Dr. Te-Ming Paul Tseng, assistant professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences' plant and soil sciences department, and Dr. Marcus Lashley, a...
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MAFES scientist Dr. Ganesh Karunakaran, associate wildlife, fisheries and aquaculture research professor, is the first to create a comprehensive economic impact model detai...
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Recent technological advances in production systems have enabled catfish producers to achieve significantly higher yields through greater control by concentrating all of th...
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Stress can take a toll on farm-raised catfish and may also affect the end product. That's why MAFES scientists, Drs. Peter Allen and Wes Schilling, have spent five years st...
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MAFES scientists are helping producers in the heart of catfish country. Dr. David Wise and his staff at the Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center help producer...
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Sulfur is a key macronutrient required to grow a healthy crop of corn. Dr. Jagmandeep Dhillon leads a team of MSU researchers to determine how nitrogen affects sulfur level...
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MSU scientists have developed a vaccine to protect catfish from commonly occurring bacteria that can cause death. During their first growing season, every catfish fingerlin...
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