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Conservation of Ocean Resources through Aquaculture
and Fisheries Enhancement
Kevan L. Main Mote Aquaculture Research Park
Mote Marine LaboratorySarasota, Florida, USA
Mote Aquaculture Research Mote Aquaculture Research Focus Focus
Sustainable Farming Sustainable Farming -- LandLand
Environmentally sound, economically Environmentally sound, economically feasible aquaculture technologiesfeasible aquaculture technologiesFish production technologies for stock Fish production technologies for stock enhancement and food productionenhancement and food productionResearch & commercial scale Research & commercial scale applicationsapplicationsIntegrating aquaculture and agriculture Integrating aquaculture and agriculture
Sturgeon GO-IISturgeon GO-III
SturgeonGO-I
SturgeonHatchery &
Office
StorageMaintenance& Shop
Sturgeon Processing
MarineBroodstock
MarineHatchery & Nursery
MarineFiltration Marine Growout
Mote Aquaculture Research Park: 2010
Marine R&D
SnookPond
Plant Production
Sustainable Sustainable Aquaculture System Aquaculture System TechnologiesTechnologies
Environmentally Environmentally controlled tank systemscontrolled tank systems
Water recycle systems Water recycle systems to conserve water to conserve water resources and reduce resources and reduce environmental impactenvironmental impact
Integrated systems Integrated systems that produce both fish & that produce both fish & plantsplants
Marine AquacultureMarine AquacultureMote Aquaculture Research ParkMote Aquaculture Research Park
Design and test sustainable marine aquaculture systems for inland applications
Develop culture techniques for marine fishes (pompano, snook, red snapper, red drum) and invertebrates (hard corals, conch) to restore declining stocks
Snook Captive Breeding ResearchSnook Captive Breeding Research
20 years of research led to 20 years of research led to success in captive success in captive maturation and spawning of maturation and spawning of snook 2006/2007 snook 2006/2007
Possible keys to successPossible keys to successlarge breeding tankslarge breeding tankscontrolled temperature and controlled temperature and lightinglightingaddition of moon cycleaddition of moon cycleinduced spawninginduced spawning
Bottlenecks in Maturing & Spawning Captive Common Snook
Inconsistent production of high quality eggs & larvae
Females fail to ovulate Poor fertilization rateIdentifying optimal male to female sex ratio
An international team of scientists and students are working toaddress these bottlenecks:
Nicole R. Rhody - PhD candidateUniversity of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Dr. Kevan Main Center for Aquaculture Research and Development Mote Marine Laboratory, USA
Dr. Herve MigaudInstitute of Aquaculture (IOA) Reproduction & Genetics GroupUniversity of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Developing larval & juvenile
fish
culture methods
Newly hatched
3-days
9 months
Bottlenecks in CommonSnook Larval Rearing
Identification of optimal environmental conditions (temperature, current/flow)
Determining best diet(s), weaning strategiesQuantifying results
An international team of scientists and students are working toaddress these bottlenecks:
Marion Hauville - PhD candidateUniversity of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Claudia C. Barón-Aguilar – M.S. CandidateUniversity of South Florida
Dr. Kevan Main, Dr. Carlos Yanes-Roca, Dr. Nathan Brennan Center for Aquaculture R&D, Mote Marine Laboratory, USA
Dr. Gordon BellInstitute of Aquaculture (IOA) Nutrition Group, University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Dr. Frank Muller-KargerCollege of Marine Sciences, University of South FL
Designing & Testing Designing & Testing Sustainable Fish ProductionSustainable Fish Production
Producing fingerling fish & Producing fingerling fish & utilization of fish waste to grow a utilization of fish waste to grow a second product (wetland plants) second product (wetland plants) for restorationfor restorationThis new project is evaluating This new project is evaluating the fish and plant growth, water the fish and plant growth, water chemistry changes, and chemistry changes, and production economicsproduction economics
Team Effort involving Team Effort involving Mote, Aquatic Plants of FL & Mote, Aquatic Plants of FL & University of South FloridaUniversity of South Florida
Indentifying optimal feeding strategies
Reducing cannibalismAcclimatization of fish prior to release
An international team of scientists and students are working to address these bottlenecks:
Paula Caldentey - PhD candidateUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Spain
Dr. Kevan Main, Dr. Carlos Yanes-Roca, Dr. Nathan Brennan Center for Aquaculture R&D, Mote Marine Laboratory, USA
Bottlenecks in FingerlingFish Production
MAP MAP Fishing ClinicsFishing Clinics
Responsible Aquaculture Practices for Restoration
Maintaining optimal water quality conditions to Maintaining optimal water quality conditions to optimize breeding and rearing of juvenilesoptimize breeding and rearing of juvenilesIdentifying the best Identifying the best diet(sdiet(s) for all life stages in ) for all life stages in the hatcherythe hatcheryCareful evaluation and monitoring of genetics Careful evaluation and monitoring of genetics of parent stocksof parent stocksMaintaining and monitoring healthy stocks in Maintaining and monitoring healthy stocks in the hatchery and prior to releasethe hatchery and prior to releaseAcclimatization to natural conditions prior to Acclimatization to natural conditions prior to releaserelease
Questions?Questions?