Question: How much do you know about where the fish you eat come from?

Brian Small (go.uidaho.edu/4oLfkzy) is the director of the University of Idaho Aquaculture Research Institute (go.uidaho.edu/49wNXVx) and a professor of fish physiology in the College of Natural Resources (go.uidaho.edu/4hZSZMq). In this episode, he explains how research on fish nutrition, alternative fish diets and sturgeon caviar supports both the aquaculture industry and conservation efforts. He also shares what it’s like to raise millions of fish in Idaho’s spring-fed waters.

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Music

“Young Republicans” by Steve Combs (go.uidaho.edu/3U3MNHs) via freemusicarchive.org, not modified (go.uidaho.edu/3Q6LeY5).

“Seaside at Dusk” by Michael Dowdle (go.uidaho.edu/4r1nt4L) via Amphibious Zoo.

Chapters

(0:00) Where do the fish you eat come from?

(3:38) Getting to know Brian Small

(4:11) Inside the Aquaculture Research Institute

(7:30) Life as a fish at the hatchery

(11:35) Inside the science shaping Idaho’s sustainable aquaculture

(17:01) Sturgeon, caviar and conservation

(21:08) Why aquaculture matters in Idaho

(23:28) Final thoughts