1. Determine the feasibility of culturing silver perch under intensive conditions in earthern ponds, cages, and tanks

2. Determine the effects of stocking density and artificial diets on the survival rate, growth rate and production of silver perch

3. Identify the water quality variables and potential pathogens which affect silver perch under culture conditions, and develop management procedure procedures to alleviate problems caused by poor water quality quality and disease

4. Provide base-line data that can be used for an economic evaluation of culturing silver perch