Leading in Aquaculture and Aquaponics Education

Through a partnership, UW-Stevens Point College of Letters and Science and Nelson & Pade, Inc. have constructed the nation’s first Aquaponics Innovation Center (AIC). The AIC is the first-of-its-kind applied research and education center located in Montello, WI. The facility has replicate aquaponics production units capable of raft (deep water), media, and NFT production. Additional resources include water chemistry and microbiology analyses, purge and quarantine systems, plant physiology and insect measuring systems, and light manipulation and analysis, along with adaptable production units.

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point now offers applied research facilities in both Aquaculture, at the Northern Aquaculture Demonstration Facility, and now Aquaponics with the AIC. Both facility's provide a world-class education with hands-on training and experience that leads to high employment rate and success to support the exponentially growing  aqua-business industries.