Specifications include, but are not limited to: The project scope will involve the design, bid and construction for a Recirculatory Aquaculture Systems (RAS) Facility at South Dakota State University in Brookings, South Dakota, OSE# G2123--61X. The South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is proposing to construct, in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture & Natural Resource Management (DANR) and South Dakota State University (SDSU), an on-campus production fish hatchery. This facility would use only Recirculating Aquaculture Systems (RAS) to rear multiple fish species for eventual stocking into South Dakota public fishing waters. The proposed hatchery would be built on land provided by SDSU. It would be staffed by GFP and operated using the model where a small number of permanent staff oversee part-time and full-time student employees working with fish production and related aquaculture technologies. Student work schedules would be flexible and accommodating to course schedules. The proposed hatchery incorporates Precision Aquaculture technology, such as matching oxygen injection to fish physiological demands and disease modeling, to maximize fish production and rearing efficiencies. While the primary purpose of this proposed hatchery is fish production, opportunities would exist for research that supports fish production and fits within the production schedule. In addition, the inclusion of an educational/visitation component that does not interfere with fish rearing is possible. • Building to include: (Estimated 25,000 sq.ft.) 1. At least three tankrooms (one for coldwater, coolwater, and warmwater fish species), each with its own HVAC system with space for: a. 3, 100-jar walleye egg incubation racks (each its own RAS with biofilters) b. 36, 6’-diameter automatic cleaning (sweep arm) larval rearing tanks for walleye (low light) and bass (likely 3-to-9 RAS systems). c. Four RAS systems with larger (8’) rearing tanks for walleye, bass, sunfish, catfish, muskellunge grow out. d. RAS system for coldwater (trout) rearing. e. Two RAS systems with smaller tanks for larval rearing or experimental use. f. RAS systems will use fluidized bed biofilters and match, as much as possible, the technology/configurations currently in use at Cleghorn Hatchery. g. Shop area with overhead door.
