In this episode ft. Pond University, we talk with Bob Rode, the manager of Purdue’s Aquaculture Research Laboratory. Bob has 30 years of experience in aquaculture and pond management. In this episode, Bob talks about the things to consider when stocking new fish into ponds, as well as some interesting ways to produce fish for food in your pond, including growing fish in cages. Also, please consider taking our anonymous listener survey so that we can improve the podcast and include topics that you are interested in.   Anonymous Listener Survey: https://purdue.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1IhSN3DPQpowBPU Center for Great Lakes Literacy website: https://www.cgll.org/ Lafayette Parks and Recreation Facebook page:                                                https://www.facebook.com/LafayetteParks Bob’s website: https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=rrode&intDirDeptID=15 Purdue’s Aquaculture Research Laboratory: https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/labaquaresearch.aspx Indiana Department of Natural Resources Licensed Commercial Fish Suppliers List: https://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/3607.htm Purdue Extension Fish Stocking Publication: https://mdc.itap.purdue.edu/item.asp?Item_Number=FNR-569&_ga=2.87976152.1342825268.1614807416-1847494118.1584900510 Southern Regional Aquaculture Center website: https://srac.msstate.edu/ North Central Regional Aquaculture Center website: https://www.ncrac.org/ Mitch’s profile page: https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=mzischke&intDirDeptID=15 Mitch’s twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAussieWahoo Megan’s profile page: https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/Profile.aspx?strAlias=mlgunn&intDirDeptID=15 Megan’s twitter: https://twitter.com/_TFFP Pond and wildlife management website: https://extension.purdue.edu/pondwildlife/ Natural Resources University website: https://naturalresourcesuniversity.libsyn.com/ Purdue’s Department of Forestry and Natural Resources website: https://ag.purdue.edu/fnr/Pages/default.aspx Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant website: https://iiseagrant.org/ Contact us! https://extension.purdue.edu/pondwildlife/contact-us/