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.
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