Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health

Our Aquaculture and Aquatic Animal Health Extension programs aid and support to the ornamental, food, game, bait, and veterinary industries, both public and private, that work with cultured aquatic organisms; including but not limited to finfish, shellfish (mollusks and crustaceans), plants, and herptiles.

Focus Areas

• Aquaculture production techniques
• Physiology and nutrition 
• Regulatory issues
• Alternative energy use on farms
• Aquatic animal health 
• Youth education 
• Non-native and/or Invasive species

Extension Projects

• TAL Fish Disease Diagnostic Lab
• (Other Fish Health Management Outreach and Diagnostics i.e. Ruth)
• Production and reproduction outreach  
• Ground and Surface Water Quality Monitoring Program  
• Shellfish monitoring sites – Dog Island and Gulf Jackson
• Non-native and invasive species in aquaculture
• Regulations/regulatory cost burden
• Veteran’s Florida Aquaculture Internship Program
• Reducing Energy Consumption on Aquaculture Facilities
• Oyster triploid-tetraploid technology and ploidy determination service Best Management Practices compliance
• Development of strategic stock enhancement approaches, including optimization of hatchery production