AQUACULTURE: Online Publications and Organizations

 

Federal Programs

EPA

Aquatic Animal Production Industry Effluent Guidelines
On June 30 2004, we finalized a new rule establishing effluent limitations guidelines (ELGs) for concentrated aquatic animal production (CAAP), or aquaculture, facilities. The regulation will apply to CAAP facilities that generate wastewater from their operations and discharge that wastewater directly into waters of the United States. The CAAP ELGs will help reduce discharges of conventional pollutants, primarily total suspended solids. The regulation will also help reduce non-conventional pollutants such as nutrients. To a lesser extent, the regulation will reduce the discharge of drugs that are used to manage fish health and chemicals, such as those used to clean fish tanks and nets.
When the rule is fully implemented, discharges of total suspended solids will be reduced by more than 500,000 pounds a year and biochemical oxygen demand and nutrients will be reduced by about 300,000 pounds per year.
The Clean Water Act directs us to review effluent guidelines and to set schedules for new and revised effluent guidelines. This effects newly permitted facilities, and existing facilities upon renewal of their (CAAP) permits. In January 1992, we agreed to a settlement with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and others in a consent decree that established a schedule by which we would consider regulations for 19 industrial categories. We selected the (CAAP) industry for one of those rules. Issuance of this rule completes all regulations addressed under the settlement agreement.

FDA

Aquaculture - FDA
FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine and Aquaculture
Aquaculture is becoming an increasingly important source of fish available for human consumption. As the number of aquaculture facilities grows, so does the need to develop safe and effective drugs for treating fish diseases. The FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation (ONADE) is working with various government agencies and aquaculture associations to increase the number of safe and effective drugs that can be used by the aquaculture industry. It is also important to understand the effect these treatments have on non-target organisms and on the aquatic environment. As a result, CVM’s Office of Research (OR) has greatly expanded its commitment to aquaculture research. This page lists the Guidance documents, sections of the Policy and Procedures Manual, research projects, and other information that are used in support of CVM's aquaculture program.

NOAA

NOAA Aquaculture Program
As an agency under the Department of Commerce, NOAA's aquaculture efforts are focused on creating domestic seafood supply to meet the growing demand for seafood products all within the context of NOAA's marine stewardship responsibilities. Currently, over 70% of the seafood Americans consume is imported, and at least 40% of those imports are farmed seafood. Domestic aquaculture can be an effective option to reduce dependence on seafood imports, provide jobs for economically depressed coastal communities, and increase regional food supply and security. NOAA defines aquaculture as, "The propagation and rearing of aquatic organisms in controlled or selected environments for any commercial, recreational or public purpose." In the United States, freshwater aquaculture production, such as catfish, far outpaces marine aquaculture. And, despite all the attention on cultured fish, domestic marine production is dominated by shellfish aquaculture, such as oysters and clams.

Aquaculture Information
NOAA Central Library: Aquaculture information and resources, bibliographies, and US federal programs in aquaculture.

The NOAA Marine Aquaculture Initiative is a commitment by NOAA to meet its responsibilities for environmental stewardship and economic development of the nation’s living marine resources in the 21st century. Through NOAA’s investment in aquaculture, we hope to establish an environmentally sustainable, profitable offshore aquaculture industry in the U.S. and the Caribbean that will alleviate stress on natural fish stocks, create thousands of jobs, provide healthy protein to Americans at a reasonable cost, improve food safety and security, and address our nation’s trade deficit.

USDA

AFSIC: Aquaculture Resources
Aquaculture Resources. Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, NAL/ARS/USDA.

Economics, Statistics and Market Information System - Aquaculture Outlook
Examines the U.S. aquaculture industry including production, inventory, sales, prices, inputs, and trade of catfish, trout, tilapia, salmon, mollusks, crawfish, shrimp, ornamental fish, and new species.

Research, The mission of the Aquaculture Program is to conduct high quality, relevant, basic and applied aquaculture research and technology transfer to create jobs and economic activity that will improve the international competitiveness and sustainability of United States aquaculture, and reduce dependence on imported seafood and threatened ocean fisheries. The research components of this program include:

Genetic Improvement

Integrated Aquatic Animal Health Management

Reproduction and Early Development

Growth, Development, and Nutrition

Aquaculture Production Systems

Sustainability and Environmental Compatibility of Aquaculture

Quality, Safety and Vairety of Aquaculture Products for Consumers

Aquaculture
Through its field force, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) provides agricultural producers with a broad range of cooperative programs for protecting the health of animals and plants. Aquaculture, the managed production of aquatic plants and animals, continues to grow as a major agribusiness enterprise.
APHIS programs currently serve important aspects of both plant and animal aquaculture, especially involving disease, pest prevention, and wildlife damage management. APHIS also has become involved in facilitating importation and exportation in aquacultural products because of increased global trade.

The North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC) is one of the five Regional Aquaculture Centers established by Congresss that are administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service. NCRAC is an administrative unit that serves the twelve states in the North Central Region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Aquaculture is defined as the production of aquatic animals and plants under controlled conditions for all or part of their lifecycle. During the last two decades, the value of U.S. aquacultural production rose to nearly $1 billion. Interest in aquacultural production is on the rise because restrictions on the wild harvest of many seafood species may diminish wild harvest seafood supplies. ERS provides background, data, and analysis on the domestic aquaculture industry and U.S. trade in aquacultural products. Newsletter: Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook provides a monthly analysis of current developments in the livestock, poultry, and aquaculture industries, providing data on animal numbers, meat and egg production, prices, trade, and net returns. Aquaculture products are featured commodities at least twice a year. Historical issues of Aquaculture Outlook (1989-2006) are also available.

Small Business Innovation Research: Aquaculture
This is one of 12 topic areas in the USDA SBIR program. The SBIR Aquaculture program enhances the knowledge and technology base for continued growth of the domestic aquaculture industry. Emphasis is placed on research leading to improved production efficiency and increased competitiveness of private sector aquaculture in the United States. Studies on commercially important (or potentially important) species of fish, shellfish and plants, from both freshwater and marine environments, can be addressed. The table below includes information for the entire SBIR program; click the link for more detailed SBIR information.

Census of Aquaculture, 1998

Census of Aquaculture, 2002

National and International Aquaculture Publications and Organizations

Aquaculture News
Aquaculture news continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

Internet Public Library, University of Michigan, (IPL) features a searchable, subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites; links to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service. Agriculture & Aquaculture, The science and art of farming, including the work of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and aquatic animals.

National Aquaculture Association (NAA) is a U.S. producer-based association dedicated to the establishment of national programs that further the common interest of our membership, both as individual producers and as members of the aquaculture industry. We are committed to the continued growth of our industry, to working with the federal government to create a climate conducive to our success, and to fostering cost-effective environmental stewardship and sustainability.

Aquaculture: National Council for Agricultural Education
Find out on this page more about aquaculture, the fastest growing sector of U.S. agriculture, and how it can be used as a successful tool to motivate, excite, and stimulate students to learn. Teachers infusing aquaculture are creating new and exciting opportunities for students to learn "hands-on", practical applications of math and science principles. Aquaculture is offering students an opportunity to take part in a "living lab," incorporating aquatic species, and have a "birth to market" growing experience during the school year.

Aquaculture International, SpringerLink
Subject Biomedical and Life Sciences and Earth and Environmental Science.

Aquaculture Magazine
The aquaculture industry's leading international publication.

AquaNIC - Aquaculture Network Information Center
The Aquaculture Network Information Center (AquaNIC) was conceived in 1994 by the former USDA-Extension Service (currently Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service) as one of the nation’s first network information centers to serve as a gateway to the world’s electronic aquaculture resources. AquaNIC was created, through grants from USDA-Extension Service, the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program, and Purdue University Libraries.
Primary funding of AquaNIC is through the NOAA Sea Grant College Program with secondary support from USDA North Central Regional Aquaculture Center. In-kind support is provided by the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium, Auburn University's Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquaculture, and the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program. Land Grant institutions, Sea Grant Colleges, the USDA Regional Aquaculture Center Program, and others with an expertise in aquaculture provide significant oversight and contribute to the resource base. AquaNIC houses or provides links to thousands of state, national, and international aquaculture publications, newsletters, visual media, calendars, job services, directories and specialty sections for species and production systems.

National Sea Grant Digital Libraries: Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture
Sea Grant documents are arranged alphabetically by title. Click on the NSGL document number (following the title) to view the full-text digital version of the publication. The originating Sea Grant program can be identified by the institution code in the document number. Documents that are not digitally available may be ordered from the NSGL (loan copy only) or the issuing Sea Grant institution.

Aquaculture - A program of Monterey Bay Aquarium designed to raise consumer awareness about the importance of buying seafood from sustainable sources. We recommend which seafood to buy or avoid, helping consumers to become advocates for environmentally friendly seafood. We're also partners of the Seafood Choices Alliance where, along with other seafood awareness campaigns, we provide seafood purveyors with recommendations on seafood choices. Monterey Bay Aquarium developed a list of sustainable seafood as part of our 1997-1999 "Fishing for Solutions" exhibit anticipating visitor questions about making better seafood choices. Our Portola Cafe restaurant and husbandry department also adopted a "sustainable seafood" policy. The list evolved into the Seafood Watch pocket guide for consumers. Today, we have a dedicated staff to create and distribute regional Seafood Watch pocket guides across the United States and Canada.

Seaweb - Aquaculture Resources
For several years, SeaWeb has acted as a leading voice for sustainable aquaculture by identifying and analyzing key issues and solutions in aquaculture and promoting related science and industry breakthroughs that advance ocean conservation. From 1998 to 2005, SeaWeb ran the SeaWeb Aquaculture Center (previously the SeaWeb Aquaculture Clearinghouse) as a strategic resource for NGOs, foundations, media and policy makers. The Center provided scientifically credible information to a variety of stakeholders on the complex issue of aquaculture. Today, SeaWeb maintains a comprehensive collection of regularly updated aquaculture resources that enables us to remain a leading voice in this evolving field.

World Aquaculture Society
International Aquaculture association of researchers and businesses involved in aquaculture and sponsors the annual World Aquaculture Show. World Aquaculture Society (WAS), an international non-profit society with over 3,000 members in 94 countries. Founded in 1970, the primary focus of WAS is to improve communication and information exchange within the diverse global aquaculture community. The WAS has international chapters in the Asian Pacific region, Latin America, the US and Japan, as well as formal associations with many other aquaculture organizations around the world. Learn more about WAS (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Chinese, Korean).

Environmental and Information-Commericial

Geothermal Aquaculture Research Foundation
Non profit organization dedicated to advancing the knowledge of reef keeping. We teach coral farming online so that we can help save the coral reefs from over collection. Learn to grow coral. As people see reef aquariums they will become interested in saving the coral reefs.

Aquaculture Technology, Fish Farming Systems and Equipment
Extensive catalogue of products used in Aquaculture, general background information.

General History and Information

Aquaculture, Wikipedia
A history of Aquaculture

Alabama

Department of Fish and Allied Aquacultures
Auburn University was chartered in 1856 and was given land-grant status in 1872. The largest university in Alabama, Auburn has an enrollment of more than 21,000 students. In keeping with its land-grant status, the University has the College of Agriculture, the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Alabama Cooperative Extension Service. The fisheries program is part of each of these units. Research in inland fisheries and aquaculture began in 1933 by a team of three scientists headed by Dr. H.S. Swingle. Their program focused on the construction and management of Alabama farm ponds for recreation and for food production. When the first formal courses in inland fisheries and aquaculture were offered in 1946, a "hands-on" approach was adopted for teaching. This practice has continued to the present. The Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures and the International Center for Aquaculture and Aquatic Environments (ICAAE) have grown since their inception in 1970. Today, the Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures has one of the largest graduate programs on campus. The Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures celebrated the 100th anniversary of Dr. H. S. Swingle's birth in 2002. To check the progress of the celebration, and to view more historical photographs, visit the 'Swingle 2003' Web-site.

Arizona

Arizona Aquaculture
Information on aquaculture in Arizona, the United States and around the world, with links to other internet resources. Maintainted by Arizona University.

Arkansas

Aquaculture/Fisheries at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
The Center of Excellence was created in 1988 to combine resident instruction, research, and extension responsibilities into one comprehensive unit. Our faculty, staff and students work together, across disciplines and functions to offer research-based scientific solutions to make a difference in Arkansas and throughout the U.S.
The AQFI Center of Excellence at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) is recognized as a leader in aquaculture/fisheries teaching, research and extension programs. It is the only comprehensive aquaculture program within the University of Arkansas System to support the state's $167 million aquaculture industry. This industry has an economic impact of over $1.2 billion in the Delta region of Arkansas. We have a growing natural fisheries component that provides scientific support to the recreational fishing industry that has an economic impact of over $440 million/yr in Arkansas.

California

California Aquaculture
A producer-oriented non-profit trade association open to all Californian aquaculturists interested in the commercial production of fish and shellfish.

Delaware

Delaware Aquaculture Resource Center
Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service, Graduate College of Marine and Earth Studies, University of Delaware
What is the Delaware Aquaculture Resource Center ? It is an archive of information about aquaculture in Delaware and the Mid-Atlantic region. It covers both freshwater and marine culture and is maintained and continually updated by the Sea Grant Marine Advisory Service Aquaculture Specialist to provide an expanding list of resources and other useful information.

Florida

Florida Seafood and Aquaculture, The official web site of the Bureau of Seafood and Aquaculture Marketing. This bureau is within of the Division of Marketing and Development, which is part of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. We are continually updating and adding new features to our site, so we hope you will bookmark www.FL-Seafood.com and visit often. We encourage you to take a few minutes to read the following information about our web site. The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is made up of 12 other divisions in addition to the Division of Marketing and Development. These divisions handle a wide range of responsibilities. For information about all other divisions within the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, visit www.doacs.state.fl.us.

Division of Aquaculture - FDACS Representing the Aquaculture Division of the Florida State Government Department of Agriculture, USA. Statistics, licencing and requirements. This web site is your introduction to the world of Florida aquaculture. It represents a compilation of information about a division in the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services-the Division of Aquaculture. The Division plays a key role in the regulation of aquaculture facilities and shellfish processing plants, is responsible for opening/closing of shellfish harvesting waters to protect human health, ensures the continued productivity of oyster reefs through a restoration program and issues leases of submerged state lands for aquaculture. The value of Florida's aquaculture sales rank third in the nation. The creation of this division is unprecedented for a state agriculture department. Florida's Division of Aquaculture is one-of-a-kind and serves a unique industry like no other in the United States. Please browse this site and learn more about Florida aquaculture.

HBOI Aquaculture | Education (ACTED)
Aquaculture Center for Training, Education and Demonstration (ACTED).
Our mission is to educate and develop a highly skilled workforce, through practical education and training, that will support competitive and sustainable aquaculture industries. Education and training programs include intensive courses, degree programs, customized training, secondary school field trips, and teacher workshops. Students benefit from learning in an environment where our research projects and production facilities are their training field. Key concepts and new technologies from each research program are incorporated into the curriculum, hands-on activities, and course manuals that we provide to students.
The HARBOR BRANCH Division of Aquaculture's strong commitment to education and training is realized through the Aquaculture Center for Training, Education and Demonstration (ACTED). Harbor Branch launched the ACTED program in 1995, when the Florida Legislature passed a constitutional ban on net fishing and created an immediate need for practical training in aquaculture species and production systems. While the program was originally designed to help with the retraining of displaced fishermen and economically disadvantaged workers, we have since exposed over 5,000 individuals to aquaculture using a combination of hands-on laboratory and field experiences, classroom instruction, and multimedia seminars. We will continue to use research-based information, the latest technology and science to develop unique training programs.

Harbor Branch Oceanographic
The Aquaculture Division's mission is to develop economically feasible and environmentally sustainable methods to farm aquatic organisms for food, sport, stock enhancement, aquarium markets, and pharmaceuticals. The Aquaculture Division is located on the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., campus and is an integral part of the state-of-the-art 60 acre Aquaculture Development Park. The Aquaculture Division is a leader in the research and development of culture technologies for molluscs, crustaceans, marine ornamentals, food fish, seaweed, and biomedical species. Aquaculture training and education programs and a variety of services are in place to support industry expansion in Florida, the Caribbean and around the world. The facilities include laboratories; hatcheries, nurseries, and grow out areas in a variety of greenhouses; biosecure buildings; and teaching laboratories and classrooms. The systems operate using recirculating technology for culturing saltwater and freshwater species. The Aquaculture Division works in collaboration with academic, government, private sector, and research institutions to design and implement culture technologies for marine animals and plants.

Florida Sea Grant
The commercial aquaculture industry in Florida continues to grow in economic importance and diversity. The farm-gate value of commercial aquaculture in Florida is about $100 million, while the number of species currently being cultured exceeds that found in any other state in the nation. Although most of the industry's value is associated with an incredible assortment of freshwater ornamental fish, a growing marine aquaculture sector is becoming more visible and attractive to potential investors.

Aquaculture Program, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Division of Marine Affairs and Policy/Marine Biology and Fisheries
The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science (RSMAS) offers an MA/MS degree in Aquaculture through the Divisions of Marine Affairs & Policy and Marine Biology & Fisheries. An interdivisional Ph.D. degree is also offered. The Aquaculture Program focuses on technological, environmental and economical feasibility of sustainable aquaculture operations. Emphasis is put on technology and management strategies for sustainable aquaculture development, including marine fish and crustacean aquaculture, environmental issues and project development. The program is currently attended by graduate students from several countries. Dr. Daniel D. Benetti, Associate Professor and program’s director, is involved in sustainable aquaculture projects in the U.S., Australia, the Caribbean, Latin American, European and Asian countries. He is the scientific coordinator and technical advisor for Snapperfarm Offshore Aquaculture in Puerto Rico and the Aquaculture Center of the Florida Keys Marine Fish Hatchery.

Hawaii and Pacific Islands

Aquaculture in Hawaii
A guide to getting started in aquaculture in Hawaii, presented by the State Aquaculture Development Program.
Hawaii is an ideal location for aquaculture, the farming of plants and animals in water. From the lush green mountains, to the sandy shores of the broad blue ocean, water abounds, providing a myriad of environments to raise a wide variety of seafood. Shrimp, abalone, seaweed, microalgae, tilapia and various organisms for the aquarium trade are among the many investment opportunities on all the tropical islands of the State. The Hawaii Aquaculture web page, an information source and guide to getting started in aquaculture in Hawaii, presented by the State Aquaculture Development Program (ADP). ADP specializes in offering assistance to new and on-going aquaculture ventures. Learn more about our industry and how you can achieve success in this exciting global growth business. ADP is a part of the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and diversified agriculture's solution for moving Hawaii towards greater food self sufficiency, as well as creating viable export industries.

The Pacific Regional Aquaculture Information Service for Education (PRAISE) is a program, implemented under the USDA Regional Aquaculture Center Program, whose goal is to support the development of the aquaculture industry in the Pacific Region by promotion of information transfer. PRAISE is supported by the Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture and staffed by personnel of the Science & Technology Reference Department of the University of Hawaii-Manoa’s Hamilton Library.

Aquaculture in the Pacific region
Our goal is to provide a Pacific Island forum dedicated to promoting “economically, socially and environmentally sustainable aquaculture development among Pacific communities”. Be a virtual focal point for aquaculture networking in the Pacific Islands. Serve as an information clearing-house mechanism. Highlight best practices for aquaculture development. Aquaculture has had a chequered history in the Pacific with many initiatives that had not borne fruit in terms of sustainable outcomes. Now it appears that the tide has turned and that past investment are beginning to pay off. New, viable industries are beginning to be established and are returning substantial economic and social benefits. Hopefully this web-site will help to contribute to the progress of aquaculture. This site is maintained by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) an inter-governmental organisation with twenty-two Pacific Island members. Click on map below for an enlarged version of the SPC region.

Idaho

The University of Idaho Aquaculture Research Institute. Because Idaho is the nation's largest commercial producer of rainbow trout, aquaculture, or fish farming, is one of the University's primary areas of research. Our Institute promotes, supports, and coordinates aquaculture research activities at the University of Idaho and throughout the state and region. UI scientists in various disciplines conduct research in both commercial and conservation aquaculture sciences and technologies. The Aquaculture Research Institute was created in 1988 to facilitate aquaculture research at the University. The institute is linked with the Colleges of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Natural Resources, Business, Science and Engineering. Faculty within the Institute have appointments in one or more of these colleges. The Director reports directly to the Vice-President of Research. ARI supports graduate student research but does not offer classes or grant degrees. These functions are the responsibility of partner colleges within the University. All applicants interested in graduate education at ARI need to apply for admission to Graduate School at the University of Idaho.

Kentucky

Aquaculture at Kentucky State University
Behind-the-scenes look at students at the KSU Aquaculture Research, Programs and Resources.

Maine

Maine Department of Marine Resources, Aquaculture
This page is designed to provide the public, applicants, and leaseholders with useful and accurate information about marine aquaculture in Maine. Staff have developed this website to provide timely information, including background information, reports on activities, distribution of draft and final documents, and notices of meetings.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts Aquaculture Association is a Trade Association formed in 1986 to promote the continued development of shellfish and fish farming, and to improve some of the conditions affecting aquaculture in Massachusetts today. The Massachusetts Aquaculture Association's goals include: Promotion of high quality aquaculture product. A thriving aquaculture industry in the future. An effective network between industry, government, and researchers to support aquaculture development and technology transfer.

Mississippi

The Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC) is one of five regional aquaculture centers established by Congress. The designated regions are Tropical/Subtropical, Western, Northeastern, North Central and Southern. Authorization for establishment of these Centers by USDA was provided in Title XIV of the Agriculture & Food Act of 1980 and the Food Security Act of 1985 (Subtitle L, Section 1475[d]). SRAC began organizational activities in 1987, and the first research and extension projects were initiated in 1988. The thirteen states and two territories included in the Southern Region are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Virgin Islands and Virginia.
Projects that are developed and funded by SRAC are based on industry needs and are designed to directly impact commercial aquaculture development in the Southern Region.

New Hampshire

UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture Program is a component of the Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center at the University of New Hampshire. The UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture demonstration project began in 1997. Researchers began to raise fish in offshore cages in 1999. Several factors played a role in the project’s inception. First was the recognition that the dwindling harvest of traditional fish species (cod, haddock, flounders) in New England has resulted in a regional fisheries crisis of unparalleled severity. Stocks are at record low levels, harvesters are having an increasingly difficult time making a living, products are scarce and expensive, and fisherman's cooperatives are finding it difficult to survive financially. Responses to this crisis have included the implementation of management plans designed to decrease fishing mortality, direct aid to fishermen and their families, and a reduction in fleet size via a government program to remove vessels from the groundfish fishery. While all of these measures will help rebuild depleted stocks, it is widely acknowledged that the resource will not be able to support historical levels of effort. For this reason, long-term solutions must be found to produce more seafood, and to provide economic opportunities for harvesters that become displaced from the fisheries. Among the most logical of the long-term solutions is the further development of aquaculture, which has the capacity to produce the needed seafood, provide economic opportunities for displaced harvesters, and contribute to economic and community development, particularly in areas such as New England.

North Carolina

Center for Aquaculture Technology
Aquaculture is the managed production of aquatic organisms under controlled environmental conditions. It is the fastest-growing segment of agriculture in North Carolina, the United States and throughout the world. NC Aquaculture activities fall under the NC Department of Agriculture. Carteret Community College (CCC) is offering this Aquaculture Technology program in collaboration with Brunswick Community College (BCC), and it is the only program of this kind in the Carolinas. Aquaculture lecture courses are taught in person and via aideo conferencing in the "classroom of the future" in the new CMAST facility on CCC's campus. Emphasis at Carteret is on mariculture (salt-water) species like oysters, clams, softshell crabs, and marine finfish like catfish, yellow perch, and hybrid striped bass. Brunswick is home to the Center for Aquaculture Technology (CAT), a state of the art aquaculture training, demonstration, and research facility covering 22 acres and including 30 freshwater ponds ranging in size from 1/4 to three acres.

North Carolina State Aquacultural Extension
North Carolina State University Aquaculture Extension, in North Carolina. Mmany different species ranging from crawfish, catfish, and trout to yellow perch are produced. Here you will find information about the species commonly produced in North Carolina, information on starting an aquaculture operation of your own, suppliers and many informative publications.

Oregon

Aquaculture CRSP Home Page
The Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program's mission is to enrich livelihoods and promote health by cultivating international multidisciplinary partnerships that advance science, research, education, and outreach in aquatic resources. How the Aquaculture CRSP has benefitted aquaculture farmers, scientists and students around the world.

Washington

Washington Fish Growers Association
Any person interested in the field of aquaculture may apply for membership in the Washington Fish Growers Association. Contains extensive information on the history of aquaculture in Washington and related resources.

The Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC) was developed to take advantage of the best aquaculture science, educational skills, and facilities within a twelve-state area in order to provide for enhancement of viable and profitable commercial aquaculture production in the U.S. for the benefit of producers, consumers, and the American economy. The twelve western states encompassed by WRAC include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Participating universities from these states operate under a Memorandum of Understanding, which ensures "joint commitment and co-equal status" throughout the region.

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Aquaculture Association, Inc., Industry led and producer centered to promote, educate & advocate for economic vitality and environmental sustainability. To organize for opportunity, representation and responsibility of each diverse and active aspect of honorable aquacultural practice, for all species, issues, activities and sizes of operation. To interact with government agencies, related associations, industries, and other groups. To meet on a regular basis to conduct association business, network and socialize.

Asia Pacific

Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific
NACA is an intergovernmental organization that promotes rural development through sustainable aquaculture. NACA seeks to improve rural income, increase food production and foreign exchange earnings and to diversify farm production. The ultimate beneficiaries of NACA activities are farmers and rural communities.

Canada

Northern Aquaculture The Voice of Cold Water Aquaculture in North America since 1985.

United Kingdom

Seafish, Expert knowledge, skills and support which help the UK seafood industry secure a sustainable and profitable future. The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) works across all sectors of the UK seafood industry to promote good quality, sustainable seafood. Our research and projects are aimed at raising standards, improving efficiency and ensuring that our industry develops in a viable way. We are the UK’s only cross-industry seafood body working with fishermen, processors, wholesalers, seafood farmers, fish friers, caterers, retailers and the import/export trade. A Non Departmental Public Body (NDPB), we are sponsored by the four UK government fisheries departments and funded by a levy on seafood. We were established in 1981.

Aquaculture Today, United Kingdom
Aquaculture Today 2007 is organised by Special Publications. Special Publications is a Wyvex Media Limited Company. Special Publications are the publishers of leading aquaculture titles Fish Farmer, FISHupdate, and the Fish Farmer Handbook. We also publish seafood and catching titles The Fish Industry Yearbook, The Seafood Processors Diary, Skipper's Mate, and a range of wallplanners. Our websites are www.fishupdate.com and www.fishfarmer-magazine.com.