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

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