Station Facts

• Established 1898.
• Staff: Six full time.
• Budget (2008): $556,386.
• Station size: 63.5 acres. 25 acres water.
• Public Aquarium

Station Goals

• Provide striped bass (Morone saxatilis) for interjurisdictional fishery restoration of the Roanoke, Tar/Pamlico, Neuse, and Cape Fear River systems.
• Provide American shad (Alossa sapidissima) for interjurisdictional fishery restoration of the Roanoke River system.
• Provide other species (largemouth bass, bluegill, channel catfish, etc) to State partners on an as needed basis.
• Provide technical assistance and research on culture and propagation of new and imperiled aquatic species.
• Provide fishery management assistance to National Wildlife Refuges in the Carolinas and Virginia.
• Provide fishery management assistance in state waters of the Chowan/Nottoway/Meherrin/
  Blackwater River system.