Mission:
The mission of the National Center for Cool and Cold Water Aquaculture NCCCWA) is to support and enhance the nation's cool and cold water aquaculture production through research and technology transfer. The goalsof the program are to improve production efficiency, aquatic animal health,and product quality through the development of economically and environmentally sustainable commercial systems and practices. Research encompasses applied genetics and breeding, integrated aquatic animal health, aquaculture engineering, nutrition, physiology, facility operation and management, and product quality. The focus of the research programs iscool and cold water aquaculture species including, but not necessarily limited to rainbow trout, Arctic char and salmon.