Year Awarded 2026
FFAR award amount $747,360
Total award amount $1,566,716
Location Pullman, WA
Matching Funders Troutlodge and Washington State University
Grantee Institution Washington State University
Sterile trout can devote more energy to growth, increasing farm productivity, while preventing escaped fish from breeding with wild populations and disrupting ecosystems. However, current sterilization methods add an extra set of chromosomes, an approach that is not fully effective and can cause fish health and production problems. Researchers are developing a practical, scalable method to produce healthy, sterile farmed rainbow trout using the fish’s natural biology to control fertility.