Status of Marine Finfish

Overview

Marine Fish Aquaculture Scoping Workshop

In March 2017, Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI), USDA ARS and NOAA hosted a scoping workshop at HBOI in Ft. Pierce, Florida. This workshop brought together 26 experts from academia, government and industry to outline and prioritize the critical challenges and opportunities to support and meet the needs of the U.S. marine food fish aquaculture industry. This workshop led to a national survey for 18 marine finfish species identified by the workshop participants. The survey questions were comprehensive and were developed by the workshop participants.

Marine Finfish Aquaculture Survey

The goal of the survey was to gain broader input from the aquaculture community on general knowledge of these 18 marine food fish species and to choose the best options for domestic expansion of non-salmonid marine finfish aquaculture in the United States. The survey had responses from 76 stakeholders that included industry, research organizations, academia, and state and federal agencies. Download the marine finfish aquaculture resource spreadsheet .

Warm Water Marine Finfish Stakeholder Workshop – November 20th 2019 – Fort Pierce, FL

A Warmwater Marine Finfish Workshop was held at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI-FAU) on November 20th 2019. The objective of the workshop was to listen to industry partners to ensure the USDA-ARS project research priorities align with industry needs. On hand for the workshop were eight Industry members including owners and their senior level staff, two representatives from USDA-ARS, and the three Project Investigators from HBOI-FAU. Download workshop report here.

Status of Marine Finfish Species for US Aquaculture March 10, 2019


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Reg Blaylock

The Status of Spotted Seatrout, Cynoscion nebulosus, as a Technologically Feasible Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Elizabeth Fairchild

The Status of Spotted Wolffish, Anarhichas minor, as a Experimental Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Kevin Stuart

The Status of California Halibut, Paralichthys californicus, as a Technologically Feasible Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Harry Daniels

The Status of Southern Flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma and Summer Flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, as Experimental Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Eric Saillant

The Status of Tripletail, Lobotes surinamensis, as a Experimental Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Kevan Main

The Status of Greater Amberjack, Seriola dumerili, as a Experimental Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Neil Sims

The Status of Almaco Jack, Seriola rivoliana, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Federico Rotman

The Status of California Yellowtail, Seriola lalandi, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Wade Watanabe

The Status of Black Sea Bass, Centropristis striata, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Daniel Benetti

The Status of Cobia, Rachycentron canadum, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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George Nardi

The Status of Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Ben Reading

The Status of Striped Bass, Morone saxatilis, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Mark Drawbridge

The Status of White Seabass, Atractoscion nobilis, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Todd Sink

The Status of Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Chuck Weirich

The Status of Florida Pompano, Trachinotus carolinus, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Rick Goetz

The Status of Sablefish, Anoplopoma fimbria, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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John Stieglitz

The Status of Olive Flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus, as a Commercially Ready Species for US Marine Aquaculture

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Morning Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion: Experimental and Technologically Feasible Species

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Afternoon Panel Discussion

Panel Discussion: Commercially Ready Species

Aquaculture America 2020, Honolulu, Hawaii

Status of U.S. Marine Finfish: Capacity, Resources and Partnership Opportunities to Advance U.S. Aquaculture

This special session at Aquaculture America 2020, on February 11, 2020, built upon the Aquaculture America 2019 special session: Status of Marine Finfish Species for U.S. Aquaculture. Across the nation there are tremendous aquaculture assets at academia, non-profit and agency locations. These assets include infrastructure, research expertise and extension. In recent years public private partnerships have become more popular as a way for research and industry to work together to strengthen the advancement of aquaculture. This special session included presentations from academia, non-profits, agencies and industry. They presented on successes and challenges of public private partnerships and what resources and capacity are available to develop public private partnerships. This included specialized laboratories and programs, demonstration sites, key species, expertise, production systems, and partnership services, lease spaces, and agreements.

This special session was hosted and organized by Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, USDA Agricultural Research Service, NOAA Fisheries Aquaculture, University of Southern Mississippi Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center, South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and National Aquaculture Association.
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Daniel Benetti, John Stieglitz, Jorge Suarez, Ron Hoenig, Carlos Tudela, Zack Daugherty, Charles James McGuigan, Jia Geng, Shubham Mathur, Yole Buchalla and Julio Camperio

RSMAS UM Aquaculture

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Michael Chambers and Elizabeth Fairchild

Advancing US Marine Aquaculture at the University of New Hampshire

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Mike Denson, Aaron Watson, Tanya Darden, Jason Broach, Fabio Casu, Justin Yost and Erin Levesque

Aquaculture at The Marine Resources Research Institute-Waddell Mariculture Center, South Carolina, USA

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Mark Drawbridge

Marine Finfish Aquaculture Resources in Southern California

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Kelly Lucas, Reginald Blaylock, Angelos Apeitos and Brian Cuevas

The Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center: Infrastructure, Research, Demonstration and Partnership Opportunities

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Kevan Main, Nicole R. Rhody, Matthew Resley, Michael J. Nystrom, Ron Hans, and Ryan Schloesser

Mote Marine Laboratory Aquaculture Park

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Melissa Malmstedt, Stephen Eddy, Chris Davis

Business Incubation in Maine For Marine Finfish Aquaculture: 20 Years of Improvement and Lessons Learned

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Caird Rexroad III

USDA Research Support for Marine Finfish Aquaculture

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Mike Rust

Why We Need Finfish Aquaculture and NOAA’s Resources for Helping Develop It

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Neil Sims, Lisa Vollbrecht, Helen Meigs, Keelee Martin and Joseph Nakoa

Kampachi Farms – Collaborative Offshore Aquaculture R&D at the Nexus of Economic Opportunity and Ecological Imperative

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Paul Wills, Megan Davis, and Susan Laramore

Partnerships in Research at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute

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Yoni Zohar

The Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (Imet) – Unique Marine Aquaculture Programs and Opportunities for Collaborations

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Additional Information
Florida Atlantic's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute engages with the community through the Ocean Discovery Visitors Center and the Ocean Science Lecture Series. Harbor Branch’s research and outreach programs translate marine science in order to provide solutions that improve economies and quality of life for coastal communities.
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