Production
Production
Production
Our modern facilities include over 1600 acres of earthen ponds, 3 hatcheries, 3 live fish holding facilities with a 2 ton overhead crane, water treatment facilities processing one million gallons of water per day. ploidy analysis laboratory with 4 functioning coulter counters, 36 wells with over 12 miles of underground pipelines and hundr
Our modern facilities include over 1600 acres of earthen ponds, 3 hatcheries, 3 live fish holding facilities with a 2 ton overhead crane, water treatment facilities processing one million gallons of water per day. ploidy analysis laboratory with 4 functioning coulter counters, 36 wells with over 12 miles of underground pipelines and hundreds of miles of levee. Our production process is governed by the seasons and the weather. We strive to produce the sizes and species of fish that you need.
Our farm operates under biosecurity measures and has been tested bi-annually using APHIS approved methods since 2003. VHS, LMBV, IPN, SVCV, KHV, and IHN have never been found on our farm.
Harvest
Production
Production
We employ a full time seine crew of 7 men which harvests fish 5 days a week using 1000 foot nets. We don't seine fish on speculation, we tailor our harvest to meet the immediate needs of our distributors to ensure a fresh supply of quality live fish. The harvest phase happens like this:
- Orders for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday shipments a
We employ a full time seine crew of 7 men which harvests fish 5 days a week using 1000 foot nets. We don't seine fish on speculation, we tailor our harvest to meet the immediate needs of our distributors to ensure a fresh supply of quality live fish. The harvest phase happens like this:
- Orders for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday shipments are taken the previous Wednesday. Orders for Thursday and Friday shipments are taken on Monday.
- Orders are batched and fish are harvested
- Harvested fish are treated for parasites and stress and purged in the holding facility.
- Fish are graded 2 days after harvest and sold no less than 3 days after harvest.
Service
Production
Service
Our modern live fish holding facilities allow us to accommodate multiple hauling trucks at once. A trained staff of managers orchestrates and supervises up to 12 men each morning to ensure your fish are loaded in an efficient and timely manner.
The service phase happens like this:
- Every afternoon sales orders are printed for the next days s
Our modern live fish holding facilities allow us to accommodate multiple hauling trucks at once. A trained staff of managers orchestrates and supervises up to 12 men each morning to ensure your fish are loaded in an efficient and timely manner.
The service phase happens like this:
- Every afternoon sales orders are printed for the next days shipments.
- Sales orders are converted to load charts indicated which vat the fish are to be loaded from and the weight count of each group of fish to be loaded.
- Prior to loading a manager will review the sales order with you and make any necessary adjustments.