The approved research project will make it possible to progress in sustainable aquaculture development in the US. (Photo: NOAA Sea Grant)
NOAA Sea Grant awards USD 11 million for aquaculture research
UNITED STATES
Thursday, October 18, 2018, 23:50 (GMT + 9)
NOAA Sea Grant is to award of USD 11 million in grants this year for 22 projects to further advance the development of a sustainable marine and coastal aquaculture industry in the United States.
The research will address specific priorities of the initiative this year including, supporting the development of emerging systems or technology that will advance aquaculture in the US, developing and implementing actionable methods of communicating accurate, science based information about the benefits and risks of US marine aquaculture to the public; and increasing the resiliency of aquaculture systems to natural hazards and changing conditions.
The projects, which will be conducted over a three year period, include a 50 per cent match by non-federal partners. One hundred proposals were submitted requesting a total in USD 48 million in federal grant funds, NOAA reported.
The list of approved projects is the following:
- An integrated approach to addressing sea lice control in the commercial culture of Atlantic salmon (Maine Sea Grant: USD 725,365);
- Assessing microbial safety issues associated with emerging shellfish aquaculture practices to increase productivity in the Northeast US (New Hampshire Sea Grant: USD 716,121);
- Commercial scale offshore aquaculture demonstration, training and permitting to increase steelhead trout and blue mussel production in New England (New Hampshire Sea Grant: USD 747,673);
- Consumer-focused strategies for improving market acceptance of domestic finfish aquaculture (Washington Sea Grant: USD 465,748);
- Decreasing mortalities of triploid eastern oysters in commercial grow-out in Gulf of Mexico estuaries (Louisiana Sea Grant: USD 492,681);
- Development of genomic breeding tools through transcriptome analysis by RNAseq for sustainability of the hard clam aquaculture industry (Florida Sea Grant: USD 356,755);
- Development of germ cell transplantation methods for enhancing aquacultural production of migratory fishes (California Sea Grant: USD 195,579);
- Enhancing bivalve aquaculture through species improvement and diversification (New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium: USD 220,181);
- Expanding aquaculture of soft blue crabs: technology transfer and cost analysis of pond production and shedding phases (Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant: USD 339,239);
- Expanding Rhode Island aquaculture through a web-based, entry-level farm worker training program with model/learnings to other states (Rhode Island Sea Grant: USD 745,815);
- Final steps toward commercialization of pompano aquaculture (Florida Sea Grant: USD 701,081);
- Increasing demand for U.S. farm-raised seafood in the food service sector through industry partnerships (New York Sea Grant: USD 182,108);
- Increasing opportunities for aquaculture of high value marine fish in Hawai`i (Hawai'i Sea Grant: USD 182,955);
- Integrating Land and Sea Grant aquaculture research, extension and education at the University of Hawai'i (Hawai'i Sea Grant: USD 749,815);
- Intensified aquaculture of clonal red macroalgae on panels deployed in land-based raceways and marine waters (Oregon Sea Grant: USD 576,781);
- New high-resolution satellite-derived water-quality data informs sustainable aquaculture development (Maine Sea Grant: USD 692,216);
- Overcoming barriers to support the growth of land-based Atlantic Salmon production in the Great Lakes region (Wisconsin Sea Grant: USD 244,655);
- PhytO-ARM, An Open-source Platform for Real-time Phytoplankton Monitoring, Data Sharing, and Automated Aquaculture Management (Woods Hole Sea Grant: USD 657,913);
- Probiotic solutions to improve Pacific oyster larval growth and spat settlement (Oregon Sea Grant: USD 725,261);
- Production of reproductively sterile Atlantic salmon to maximize cost-effective and environmentally responsible U.S. aquaculture (Maryland Sea Grant: USD 736,454);
- Revitalizing and increasing resilience in soft shell crab aquaculture Louisiana Sea Grant: USD 205,732);
- Ventura Shellfish Enterprise: Implementing an integrative model for new shellfish aquaculture permitting and production in federal waters proximate to Ventura, California (California Sea Grant: USD 311,036).
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