AQUACULTURE INFORMATION CENTER - DOC/NOAA

Department of Commerce Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Funded Aquaculture Development Projects

Funding Summary Chart (1996-2006)    PDF

National Competitions: National Marine Aquaculture Intiative (NMAI)

• 1999 - National Competitions (Page has numerous graphics and will take time to load.)
  • 1999 - National Competitions (Page is html. text only)
    
    
  1. Reducing the risk of open-ocean oquaculture facilities to protected species
  2. Triploid-tetraploid technology for hard clam aquaculture
  3. A policy framework for offshore marine aquaculture in the 3-200 mile U.S. Ocean Zone
  4. Electric information and education for the aquaculture industry through a Web-based network of aquaculture information services
  5. Captive spawning, larval and early juvenile culture of cobia
  6. Application of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles as a risk management approach for exotic pathogen control in aquaculture
  7. Technology transfer to establish black sea bass aquaculture as a commercial reality
  8. Commercial hatchery production of mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) and greater amberjack (Seriola dumerili) for growout in offshore cage systems
  9. Aquaculture of the Florida bay scallop in Crystal River, Florida
  10. Development of bay scallop stock enhancement technology
  11. Biological engineering, environmental and legal research for the development of offshore cage aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico
  12. Use of emerging marine recirculating technologies to establish commercial production of high-value marine species
  13. Development of a domesticated, specific-pathogen-free (SPF) breeding line of Penaeus chinensis for aquaculture use in the U. S.
  14. Genetic engineering of shrimp cell lines with Pantropic Retroviral Vector
  15. Hawaii offshore aquaculture research project (HOARP) Phase II
      


• 2000 - National Competitions (reports/summaries)
  
  1. Development of model codes of practice for environmentally responsible aquaculture using the multi-species Maine industry as a foundation
  2. Improving the Regulatory Framework for Marine Aquaculture Regional Planning and Economic Decision-making
  3. Marine aquaculture and the environment: A meeting for stakeholders in the Northeast
  4. A national planning effort to further national marine recirculating aquaculture
  5. Identification and mitigation of legal and regulatory hurdles to offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico
  6. Developing environmental Codes of Practice for the Pacific Coast Shellfish Industry
  7. A Code of Conduct for net-pen salmon farming
  8. Strengthening aquaculture planning and coordination in the Pacific Region
  9. Evaluating open ocean aquaculture sites using GIS and regulatory processes in Hawaii
  10. Development of a framework for addressing State/Federal aquaculture activities
      
      
• 2001 - National Competitions (reports/summaries)
  

1. Using sable fish to create a technical base for marine fish aquaculture in the Pacific Northwest
2. An integrated approach to the development of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) culture in the United State
3. Development of reliable spawning, nursery and juvenile production techniques for commercialization of black sea bass aquaculture
4. Hatchery production of mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis) and other high value marine food fish
5. Development of methods for the production of effective micro-particulate feeds for marine fish larvae
6. Development of large-scale rearing methods for the continuous culture of marine copepods
7. Signature-tagged mutagenesis: a novel and rapid approach for development of aquaculture vaccines
8. Development of a national aquatic animal health plan for the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ)
9. Determination of dietary requirements for cultured summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus) for enhancement of aquaculture potential
10. Production of a best management practices manual for aquaculture in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region
11. Massachusetts ocean resource information system (MORIS)
12. Balanced ecosystems management for the development of sustainable offshore aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico
13. Offshore finfish mariculture in the Western Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington State
14. Hawaii offshore aquaculture research Project (HOARP) Phase III: Critical research and development issues for commercialization
15. Ecological characteristics and carrying capacity of suspended shellfish culture systems
16. Improved recovery and utilization of seafood processing waste and by-catch in aquafeeds to enhance substainability of aquaculture
17. Quantifying impacts of clam culture on adjacent communities
18. Clarifying marine aquaculture legal rights: Improving the legal interest framework
19. Engineered ecosystems for high rate sustainable marine shrimp and bivalve production
20. Development of an integrated recirculating aquaculture system for nutrient bioremediation in urban aquaculture
21. Environmental impact of sustainable offshore cage culture production in Puerto Rican waters
22. Development and testing of an operational framework for offshore aquaculture in conjunction with stakeholders at national and regional levels
23. Using GIS for offshore aquaculture siting in the US Caribbean and Florida
    

• 2004 - National Competitions (reports/summaries)
  
  
  1. High rate algal systems for sustainable marine bivalve seed and shrimp co-production
  2. Demonstrating hatchery and offshore growout technology for production of Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) from egg to market
  3. Environmental and technical assessment of alternative shellfish production methods
  4. Beneficial floating reef effects of marine finfish mariculture
  5. Measurement of the benthic loading and the benthic impact from an open-ocean fish farm in tropical waters
  6. The Hawaii offshore aquaculture research project Phase IV: Scale up to carrying capacity in the offshore environment
     
  2005 - No funding
  
• 2006 - National Competitions (reports/summaries)
  

1. National initiative for aquaculture development and fishery enhancement of cobia, Rachcentron canadum
2. Use of dietary prebiotics to enhance growth, intestinal health, nutrient utiliation and disease resistance of prominent warmwater and coldwater marine fishesAlternative shellfish production methods, environmental interactions and regulatory compliance
3. Commercialization of bait shrimp farming based on specific pathogen-free stocks
4. Commercialization of bait shrimp farming based on specific pathogen-free stocks
5. Hawaii offshore aquaculture research project (HOARP) Phase V: Demonstration of sustainable offshore cage culture in Hawaii
6. Assessment of environmental impacts of offshore cage culture
7. Building a superior striped bass: A genome map for accelerated selective breeding
8. Offshore culture of California yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) - a multinational demonstration project supported by a well-established tuna farming infrastructure
9. Demonstrating technological and economic feasibility of cobia (Rachycentron canadum) aquaculture from hatchery to market
10. Commercialization of black sea bass (Centropristis striata) aquaculture: nursery, growout and marketing
11. Cod culture: A sustainable opportunity for New England through diversification and use of existing, underutilized infrastructure and new technologies
    

2007 - National Competitions - Awards have been given, waiting for posting permissions.

Other Competitions

2001 - Pacific Tropical Ornamental Fish Program

Report of Activities 9/2001 - 3/2001

Summaries of Projects

Open Ocean Aquaculture Program at the University of New Hampshire

http://ooa.unh.edu/

Aquaculture Interchange Program 2006 workshop "Open Ocean Aquaculture - Moving Forward"

NOAA Partnerships

2001 Partnership Program

Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program

Project titles and information on project results

Small Business Administration NOAA Grants

Abstracts of Department of Commerce Awards by Year

DOC Aquaculture Conferences and Workshops

1999 - Department of Commerce Aquaculture Workshop Report  (PDF format)

• Combined Appendices
• Workshop Collage

2001 - Marine Aquaculture and the Environment   (Includes summaries of the breakout group reports.)

Other Reports and significant Workshops

Molluscan Shellfish Research and Management   (Final Proceedings from the workshop. Charleston, South Carolina, January 2000, in .PDF format on the national shellfish research plan.)

Internship Reports

Worcester Polytechnic Institute Intern Reports:

Current and Future Regulation of Marine Aquaculture  December 12, 2002 (Interdisciplinary Global Studies report completed through Worcester Polytechnic Institute.)

Stakeholder Positions Relative to the Aquaculture Industry of the United States   December 17, 2003 (Interdisciplinary Global Studies report completed through Worcester Polytechnic Institute.)

Analysis of Marine Aquaculture Policies (Interdisciplinary Global Studies report completed through Worcester Polytechnic Institute.) Fall 2004

Current and Future Regulation of Marine Aquaculture   (Interdisciplinary Global Studies report completed through Worcester Polytechnic Institute.)

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