1 | SeaGrant | $25,605,924 | |
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2 | Saltonstall-Kennedy Grants | $4,174,717 | |
3 | NOAA Other | $5,346,771 | |
4 | SBIR Grants | $6,365,988 | |
5 | TOTAL 2017-2022 | $41,493,400 | |
6 | Total without "NOAA other" category, 2017-2022 | $36,146,629 | Dec 2022 comments to NOAA based upon these categories |
1 | Date | Amount $ | Category | Federal entity | Recipient/Applicant | Others Involved (Co-PI Affiliation, Partners) | Project | Purpose/Description/Other Notes | Source | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2017 | $967,042 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Florida Sea Grant; University of Miami | N/A | Expanding Marine Aquaculture in the U.S.: Technology for Commercial Scale Hatchery and Nursery Production of High Value Marine Fish Seedstock | This project will advance hatchery and nursery technology for captive spawning and production of a high-value reef fish complex involving red snapper, Nassau grouper, and hogfish. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2017 | $139,474 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Florida Sea Grant; University of Florida | Kampachi Farms (now Ocean Era); University of Miami | Velella Epsilon: Pioneering Offshore Aquaculture In The Southeastern Gulf of Mexico | This project will deploy and operate a single, small-scale demonstration fish net pen (Velella Epsilon) as an educational platform for policymakers, the public, and fishing industry interests while concurrently pursuing an application for a commercial aquaculture permit in the Gulf of Mexico waters off southwest Florida and documenting the process for future applicants to follow (Manual for Aquaculture Permitting Pathway, or MAPP). | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2017 | $994,955 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant; The University of Southern Mississippi | Virginia Tech; University of Florida; Reed Mariculture, Inc. | Commercializing intensive copepod culture: A transformational foundation essential for increasing domestic production of high-value marine finfish | Aims to optimize production systems and culture parameters to facilitate and implement copepod mass production at the producer level. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-awards-2017-aquaculture-grants | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2017 | $628,629 | Feed | NOAA Sea Grant | Oregon Sea Grant; Oregon State University | Hubbs SeaWorld Research Institute; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; Reed Mariculture, Inc. | Improved delivery of water-soluble nutrients to marine fish larvae to promote expansion of US commercial aquaculture | Researching / testing the effectiveness of liposome-enrichment of live prey for several marine fish species of potential high commercial value; developing large-scale methods of production and an economic model to support commercialization of liposome technology so that it can be potentially implemented within the 2-4 year time frame requested by this funding opportunity. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-awards-2017-aquaculture-grants | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2017 | $539,793 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Woods Hole Sea Grant; Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Massachusetts Aquaculture Association | Increasing Northeast US Marine Aquaculture Production by Pre-permitting Federal Ocean Space | Working with federal and state agencies to identify promising areas of federal waters off the coast of New England and then pre-permit these areas for broad categories of marine aquaculture. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2017 | $139,503 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Alaska Sea Grant | Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) | Mariculture Map - Development of a GIS Tool to Inform Mariculture Expansion | Aims to define and prioritize parameters important to mariculture development, identify existing data sets related to these parameters, and collect, analyze/process and layer existing data into a GIS tool which can be used by investors and regulators to better inform and focus investment in mariculture development in Alaska. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2017 | $98,470 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | California Sea Grant | Impediments and opportunities for coordinating use of California's coastal ocean: Adding aquaculture to the mix | The goal of this project is to improve the process for considering and integrating multiple uses of ocean space, specifically capture fisheries and aquaculture. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2017 | $40,250 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | South Carolina Sea Grant | Fostering Aquaculture Entrepreneurship and Industry Growth in South Carolina through Enhancement of the Aquaculture Permitting Process | Provides a funding a guide that would reduce barriers to aquaculture in SC | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2017 | $103,593 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | New York Sea Grant | Securing the Future of Seafood through Industry and Education: Fish to dish collaborative internship program | Project aims to foster relationships between the seafood and aquaculture industry and a new generation of seafood professionals and to provide the skillsets and knowledge needed to support the industry now and in the future. NY Sea Grant brought on 5 interns in 2018 under this program with industry partnerships with Acme, Great Atlantic, Haskell's Seafood, Hudson Valley Fish Farms, and Manna Fish Farms, Inc. | https://seagrant.sunysb.edu/articles/t/nysg-s-summer-2018-interns-focus-on-new-york-fish-to-dish-education-seafood-safety-and-technology-news | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2017 | $147,737 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | University of Southern California (USC) Sea Grant | Aquarium of the Pacific’s Seafood for the Future program; California Sea Grant; the NOAA Office of Aquaculture; NOAA Fisheries; NOAA National Ocean Service; California Department of Fish and Wildlife; and the Seafood Nutrition Partnership | Addressing Public Misperceptions about Marine Aquaculture in the U.S. | A series of five short videos will be produced to increase the public’s knowledge about the many types aquaculture production, show science-based applications used by aquaculture farms, and familiarize audiences with how to cook aquaculture seafood dishes. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2017 | $824,144 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington | Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe; Jamestown Point Whitney Venture LLC; NOAA Manchester Research Facility; Rensel Associates Aquatic Sciences | Pilot-scale grow out of sablefish ("black cod") by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe | 10,000 sablefish (Anopoploma fimbria) juveniles will be transferred to experimental pens at the NOAA Manchester Research Station (Port Orchard, WA) and will be grown in a pilot-scale project for two years to harvest size (~2.5 kg) by Jamestown S'Klallam tribal personnel working in conjunction with NOAA Manchester researchers. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/1656/Sea-Grant-announces-93-million-for-aquaculture-research-and-industry-support | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2017 total | $4,623,590 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2018 | $725,365 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Maine Sea Grant | An integrated approach to addressing sea lice control in the commercial culture of Atlantic salmon | Addresses gaps in knowledge about sea lice biology and control; addresses social barriers to the rapid implementation of improved productivity; advances ecological stewardship in the commercial salmon culture. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2018 | $747,673 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | New Hampshire Sea Grant | Commercial scale offshore aquaculture demonstration, training and permitting to increase steelhead trout and blue mussel production in New England | Aims to increase U.S. seafood production through aquaculture training and deployment of the AquaFort (AF) system at a permitted site offshore; recruits fishermen and farmers from Maine, New Hampshire and Masachusetts to participate in workshops and daily operations of farming steelhead trout and blue mussels. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2018 | $465,748 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Washington Sea Grant | Consumer-focused strategies for improving market acceptance of domestic finfish aquaculture | Study to examine effective ways to communicate health benefits and environmental safety of domestic finfish aquaculture to the public by engaging University of Washington researchers, Washington Sea Grant, US aquaculture producers, seafood industry organizations, environmental NGOS, and professional marketing firms. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2018 | $195,579 | Technology | NOAA Sea Grant | California Sea Grant | Development of germ cell transplantation methods for enhancing aquacultural production of migratory fishes | Proposes to develop and optimize the germ cell transplantation technology in steelhead and white sturgeon. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2018 | $701,081 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Florida Sea Grant | Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute | Final steps toward commercialization of pompano aquaculture | Aims to improve feed conversion ratio (FCR) of pompano and reduce time to market through improved feed technology; improve survival of pompano through the benefit of dietary immunostimulants; and conduct technology transfer to industry partners. *Project funding was ultimately allocated to Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (LINK) | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2018 | $182,108 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | New York Sea Grant | Increasing demand for U.S. farm-raised seafood in the food service sector through industry partnerships | Aims to increase end-user confidence in U.S. farm-raised seafood, and increase the demand for U.S. farm-raised seafood in the foodservice sector. This will be done by forming an effective network among Sea Grant and Cooperative Extension agents, state aquaculture coordinators, NOAA Fisheries Regional Aquaculture Coordinators, Regional Aquaculture Centers and the U.S. aquaculture industry partners in the area of foodservice education, developing a communications strategy to effectively and cost-efficiently reach the U.S. foodservice industry with a consistent message about U.S. farm-raised seafood, and reducing user conflicts by providing science-based information about the U.S. environmental and food safety regulatory framework. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2018 | $182,955 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Hawai'i Sea Grant | Increasing opportunities for aquaculture of high value marine fish in Hawai`i | Develops culture methods for the native marine fish species Pacific Threadfin, aka Moi (Polydactylus sexfilis), to overcome one of the highest permitting barriers to starting farms. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2018 | $736,454 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Maryland Sea Grant | Production of reproductively sterile Atlantic salmon to maximize cost-effective and environmentally responsible U.S. aquaculture | Aims to develop a practical sterilization technology to produce large numbers of reproductively sterile Atlantic salmon for environmentally, economically and socially sustainable aquaculture. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/News/Article/ArtMID/1660/ArticleID/2700/Sea-Grant-Announces-2018-Aquaculture-Research-Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2018 total | $3,936,963 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2019 | $1,196,344 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Hawai'i Sea Grant | American Samoa Community College; Hawaii Department of Agriculture Aquaculture and Livestock Support Services; College of the Marshall Islands; University of Hawaii at Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources; Guam Sea Grant; HATCH Accelerator; Hawaii Aquaculture and Aquaponics Association; Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation; Kuaaina Ulu Auamo; Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority; Oceanic Scientific; University of Hawaii at Hilo Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Islands Regional Office; The Marine and Environmental Research Institute of Pohnpei; University of Hawaii System; Waiwai Ola Waterkeepers Hawaiian Islands; Washington Sea Grant; University of Hawaii Windward Community College | Establishing a Hawai'i-Pacific Aquaculture Consortium: A Revitalization and Expansion of the Aquaculture Development Program | The aim of this project is to revitalize, solidify, and expand an aquaculture development program through the establishment of an aquaculture-focused, collaborative program that engages in robust and diverse geographic and sectoral inclusivity across Hawai‘i and the Pacific region. | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2019 | $1,199,996 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Maine Sea Grant | University of Maine; Maine Aquaculture Association; Coastal Enterprises, Inc./Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center; | Maine Aquaculture Hub: Building capacity for industry-driven innovation, diversification, and workforce development | Aims to focus on barriers to aquaculture through a transdisciplinary hub that is responsive to local and state-level needs in Maine. | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2019 | $97,129 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | National Sea Grant Law Center | University of MS School of Law; National Aquaculture Association; Fearless Fund | Lease or Permit?: Security of Tenure Workshop to Advance Offshore Aquaculture in the U.S. EEZ | Conducting research to assess the current state of the debate regarding security of tenure for offshore aquaculture operations in the U.S. EEZ. | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2019 | $165,582 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | University of Hawaii | Waianae High School | Assessing public perceptions of aquaculture and the broader impacts of K-12 aquaculture education | A primary goal of this grant opportunity is to increase seafood consumption via education. The authors will assess public (including students and students’ family) perceptions of aquaculture and aquaculture products before and after implementing an aquaculture education program. | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2019 | $180,906 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Lynker Technologies, LLC | NOAA NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office; American Samoa Government Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources; American Samoa Department of Commerce; NOAA-NMFS; NOAA-OCM | An Assessment of Mariculture Feasibility in American Samoa | This project will inform social, economic, and geographical questions that surround the development of mariculture in American Samoa, including identifying barriers to entry, identifying social and cultural perceptions of commercial aquaculture, and economic analyses to evaluate the relative cost and value of various aquaculture ventures. | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2019 | $165,698 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | University of Southern Mississippi; Auburn University | University of Maryland | Assessment of perceptions of marine aquaculture by the US food service industry: Finding challenges and opportunities for expanding the US aquaculture industry | In an effort to help marine aquaculture producers better understand existing and potential markets, the authors will investigate the factors that shape purchase-related decision-making within the seafood service sector as well as how seafood service sector members use their placement to influence subsequent seafood choice. | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2019 | $244,416 | Feed | NOAA Sea Grant | The Regents of the University of California, Santa Cruz | California Sea Grant Extension Program; Anthropocene Institute F3 Team; Calysta, Inc.; Cellana, LLC; Corbion Biotech, Inc.; Ziegler Bros., Inc. | Economic and environmental sustainability decision-support tool for fish-free aquafeed | Creating a system that allows users to assess if alternative aquafeed ingredients meet nutritional requirements and promote growth of the farmed organisms, ensure high quality of the final edible product, have low environmental impact, and compete with costs of conventional aquafeed ingredients. This open-source software, informed by a community of aquaculture stakeholders across the supply chain (e.g. aquafeed companies, fish farmers, consultants, investors, nonprofits, researchers and government leaders), aims to help drive innovation, commercialization, adoption and acceptance of more sustainable aquafeeds. | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2019 | $199,272 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | University of California, Santa Barbara | Aquarium of the Pacific; Florida State University; Marine Science Institute; University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB); National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (US DOC, NOAA, NOS, NCCOS); California Sea Grant | Assessing Policy Barriers for Mariculture in the United States while Accounting for Fisheries Context | The authors propose a large-scale data synthesis and time-series analysis of all 24 coastal marine states on the adoption of marine aquaculture under changing policy and fisheries’ conditions. This approach will allow the researchers to move beyond anecdotal evidence of the policy and regulatory barriers to aquaculture development to better understand the efficacy of species policies and regulations (including under different fisheries contexts) that can enable sustainable aquaculture development. | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2019 | $249,564 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Duke University | North Carolina Sea Grant; Florida Sea Grant; Maine Sea Grant; University of Maine; Coastal Studies Institute; Eckerd College | A Mixed-Methods and Comparative Approach to Understanding the Social Dimensions of Aquaculture Production, Consumption, and Siting | The project has three objectives: 1. Identify the range and structure of social values and perceptions associated with aquaculture in three regions (ME, NC, and FL) that can be used to inform aquaculture planning and siting. 2. Provide generalized information about the social dimensions of aquaculture through a comparative analysis of the three regions. 3. Develop and refine a pair of tools (survey and Q methodology) that can be used in the future to assess the social dimensions of aquaculture across locations and contexts in a standardized way. | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2019 | $249,992 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Oregon State University | University of Maine; Connecticut Sea Grant; Oregon Sea Grant; West Coast Seafood Processors Association; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (OR DFW) | Enhancing community resilience and seafood sustainability through a diverse seafood processing workforce | This project utilizes a mixed-methods social science approach to investigate the current and future workforce needs emanating from increased cultured and captured seafood processing. Researchers will examine coastal communities, the seafood-processing workforce, and identifying potential barriers and opportunities for a transition to sustainable aquaculture. | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2019 total | $3,948,899 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (Sea Grant Aquaculture Supplemental Awards) | Guam Sea Grant | Creating a new aquaculture extension assistant position | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Projects%20for%20Sea%20Grant%20Aquaculture%20Supplemental%20Awards%20%282020%29_1.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2020 | $100,000 | Technology | NOAA Sea Grant (Sea Grant Aquaculture Supplemental Awards) | MIT Sea Grant | Supporting two projects to be led by members of the MIT Sea Grant aquaculture team: 1) Advanced imaging and sensing technology for improved aquaculture fish cage management; 2) Autonomous surface vehicles for maintenance and intervention in aquaculture farming to improve occupational health and safety | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Projects%20for%20Sea%20Grant%20Aquaculture%20Supplemental%20Awards%20%282020%29_1.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (Sea Grant Aquaculture Supplemental Awards) | New Hampshire Sea Grant | Responding to unforeseen aquaculture industry needs related to the impacts of COVID-19 | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Projects%20for%20Sea%20Grant%20Aquaculture%20Supplemental%20Awards%20%282020%29_1.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 2020 | $100,000 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant (Sea Grant Aquaculture Supplemental Awards) | New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium | Supporting two projects to be led by members of the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium aquaculture team: 1) Impacts of oyster aquaculture gear on submerged aquatic vegetation recruitment and recruitment processes; 2) Optimizing Atlantic striped bass aquaculture through the integration of duckweed and macroalgae | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Projects%20for%20Sea%20Grant%20Aquaculture%20Supplemental%20Awards%20%282020%29_1.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (Sea Grant Aquaculture Supplemental Awards) | New York Sea Grant | Developing a strong, sustainable New York state aquaculture network | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Projects%20for%20Sea%20Grant%20Aquaculture%20Supplemental%20Awards%20%282020%29_1.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (Sea Grant Aquaculture Supplemental Awards) | North Carolina Sea Grant | Supporting four areas to be led by members of the North Carolina Sea Grant aquaculture team: 1) Providing support for North Carolina Sea Grant aquaculture extension programming related to impact assessments and recovery; 2) Facilitating technical exchanges through expanded engagement opportunities; 3) Investing in aquaculture tourism market re-tooling and expansions; 4) Expanding mariculture educational products and workforce training opportunities. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Projects%20for%20Sea%20Grant%20Aquaculture%20Supplemental%20Awards%20%282020%29_1.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Hawaii Sea Grant | Support for an aquaculture extension agent to support local outreach efforts | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2020 | $100,000 | IMTA | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Puerto Rico Sea Grant | Enhanced Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) outreach and education programming | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Guam Sea Grant | Support for an aquaculture extension agent to explore possibilities on Guam | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | National Sea Grant Law Center | Research, reports on COVID relief for aquaculture, fisheries, other areas of work | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Louisiana Sea Grant | Direct sales marketing for aquaculture and wild-caught seafood | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Maine Sea Grant | Direct sales marketing for aquaculture and wild-caught seafood | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Maryland Sea Grant | Aquaculture consumer survey; high school education program adaptation | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | MIT Sea Grant | Establish local aquaculture stakeholder advisory committee | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 2020 | $100,000 | IMTA | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Puerto Rico Sea Grant | Enhanced Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) outreach and education programming | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 2020 | $100,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant (COVID-19 Response) | Texas Sea Grant | Launch aquaculture website designed to support new businesses | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/SeaGrant-Natl-COVID-Summary-Oct20-2020.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 2020 | $100,000 | Feed | California Sea Grant | Katherine Neylan, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories | Scott Hamilton, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories / San Jose State University; Luke Gardner, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Eat your greens: Evaluating microalgae supplemented feeds for sablefish nutrition and growth | Funding to research the viability of alternative marine sources, such as microalgae, to provide a new source of nutrition for finfish aquaculture stocks. *Funds originally stem from federal grant money ($900,000 total for 19 research projects). | https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/our-work/research-projects/eat-your-greens-evaluating-microalgae-supplemented-feeds-for-sablefish-nutrition-and-growth | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 2020 | $100,000 | OFF | California Sea Grant | Jeremy Long, San Diego State University | Sarah Lester, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Improving the siting and practices of offshore finfish farms in the Southern California Bight by incorporating historical and modern data from islands near existing fish pens | This project will assess the impact of a tuna ranch just south of the US-Mexico border on wild seabirds and nearby island ecosystems. The researchers will use these data to update a hotspots map that identifies the best locations for siting potential finfish farms off the coast of Southern California. Project results will be shared through focused stakeholder workshops, and a public lecture series hosted by Aquarium of the Pacific and livestreamed online. *Funds originally stem from federal grant money ($900,000 total for 19 research projects). | https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/our-work/research-projects/improving-the-siting-and-practices-of-offshore-finfish-farms-in-the-southern-california | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 2020 total | $1,800,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2021 | $249,979 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Florida Sea Grant | Economics of Risk in U.S. Aquaculture Production and Markets | The overall goal of this project is to provide information about the impact of economic and production risk to producers, investors, bankers, and decision-makers, while identifying measures to mitigate risk, increase profitability, and attract investment in United States aquaculture. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Selected%20Projects%20Sea%20Grant%20AQ%20Econ%202021_final2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 2021 | $249,999 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Hawaii Sea Grant | Utilizing an Aquaculture Industry Collaborative to Increase Hawaii's Resilience and Food Security | The aim of this project is twofold: 1) Convene aquaculture industry and support partners in a collaborative effort that identifies and solves economic and market challenges to help grow and strengthen Hawaii’s aquaculture industry; and 2) Promote aquaculture as an economic engine that will contribute to Hawaii’s economic recovery, resilience, and food security. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Selected%20Projects%20Sea%20Grant%20AQ%20Econ%202021_final2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2021 | $226,763 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Hawaii Sea Grant | Assessing Economic Feasibility of Aquaculture Feed Production in Hawaii | This project proposes to assemble a team of experts from multiple disciplines to assess the feasibility of local aquatic feed production. The team will conduct a survey to estimate the total feed requirements for aquaculture production, and then develop both an economic model to estimate the production cost and a strategic plan to meet the demand for feed in Hawaii. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Selected%20Projects%20Sea%20Grant%20AQ%20Econ%202021_final2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 2021 | $999,992 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium | Economic Status and Contribution of U.S. Aquaculture: Analyzing Viability Structures, Economic Impact, and Management Measures for Future Success | This project facilitates the development of comprehensive non-proprietary business management tools that will provide readily accessible economic feasibility indices that would help existing aquaculturists, aquaculture entrepreneurs, investors, and lenders. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Selected%20Projects%20Sea%20Grant%20AQ%20Econ%202021_final2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 2021 | $400,499 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Maine Sea Grant | Expanding Maine’s Blue Economy | A collaborative, industry-propelled, interdisciplinary research project to address two specific objectives: (1) identify barriers and opportunities in existing aquaculture and other seafood supply chains that supports increased consumption of Maine marine aquaculture products within U.S. markets; (2) evaluate consumer preferences for Maine marine aquaculture products with varying attributes and branding. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Selected%20Projects%20Sea%20Grant%20AQ%20Econ%202021_final2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 2021 | $692,571 | Technology | NOAA Sea Grant | Oregon Sea Grant | The Aquaculture Explorer Platform: Integrated Spatial-Financial Tools to Catalyze Aquaculture Investment | This Platform supports investment by providing integrated information on aquaculture systems including GIS tools for exploring the geophysical, regulatory, and market related characteristics of the state, site reports summarizing critical information, and a library of pre-investment financial models that link with the GIS system. Includes in Phase II a plan to add estuarine and marine dimensions and expand investment models. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Selected%20Projects%20Sea%20Grant%20AQ%20Econ%202021_final2.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 2021 | $100,000 | OFF | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission | Gulf Offshore Research Institute (GORI) | Funding to repurpose a defunct oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico into a working fish farm. | The grant money will go toward preliminary design of the net pen system and a more in-depth financial analysis of the overall project, both of which will be performed by Innovasea. | https://www.innovasea.com/news/innovasea-secures-federal-grant-for-oil-rig-aquaculture-project/ | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 2021 | $600,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science | National Aquaculture Extension Coordinator | $600K to fund four years of collaboration between Sea Grant and NCCOS to conduct outreach focused on coastal science products developed by NCCOS, marine spatial planning efforts, and workshops on marine aquaculture siting. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Handouts/FINAL-SG%20Aquaculture%20Update-May%206%202022_508.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 2021 | $900,000 | General Aquaculture | NOAA Sea Grant | Alaska Sea Grant; California Sea Grant; Georgia Sea Grant; Hawaiʻi’ Sea Grant; Louisiana Sea Grant, Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant, Texas Sea Grant, Florida Sea Grant; Maine Sea Grant; MIT Sea Grant; Oregon Sea Grant; Rhode Island Sea Grant; South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium; Wisconsin Sea Grant, Michigan Sea Grant | “Food From the Sea” Careers Program | 11 projects funded collaboratively with $900K between Sea Grant and NOAA’s Office of Sustainable Fisheries for collaborative work with members of the fishing industry to identify training needs and develop resources. All of these projects include a focus on supporting the aquaculture industry. The exact distribution of these funds between the 11 programs is not listed on the NOAA website. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Selected%20Projects%20Food%20from%20the%20Sea.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 2021 | $80,561 | General Aquaculture | NOAA | Louisiana, Mississippi-Alabama, Texas and Florida Sea Grant | Food from the Sea initiative designed to support seafood industry workforce development. | The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) project will bridge the gaps between various state and other efforts to build a regional collaboration that identifies what is needed – such as training programs, workshops and other services – to attract new fishermen, aquaculturists and seafood sector professionals to careers in the Gulf-wide seafood industry. Julie Lively, Louisiana Sea Grant executive director, is the lead on the project. | https://masgc.org/news/article/project-to-focus-on-regional-seafood-industry-workforce-development | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 2021 total | $4,500,364 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 2022 | $234,487 | Early Stage Propagation Strategies for Aquaculture Species | Sea Grant | Maine Sea Grant | Stephen Eddy (University of Maine Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research) | Domestication and Breeding of Lumpfish to Accelerate Successful Commercialization and use for Sea Lice Biocontrol in the Northeast US | Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) are used in Norway, Scotland and Eastern Canada as cleaner fish for biological control of parasitic sea lice on farmed salmonids, primarily Atlantic salmon. The project seeks to establish a geographically diverse, self-sustaining U.S.-sourced breeding colony of lumpfish from wild caught juveniles by refining lumpfish broodstock capture and husbandry protocols, conditioning fish for out-of-season spawning, establishing and refining lumpfish hatchery production and protocols, and screening fish for pathogens and microbes. By the end of the project, the researchers will have established a diverse broodstock population sourced from wild fish captured from Maine territorial waters in the Gulf of Maine. Broodstock reproductive timing will be manipulated in captivity with photoperiod and temperature for hatchery production of juveniles. The resulting U.S.-sourced supply of lumpfish juveniles will greatly benefit the U.S. salmon aquaculture industry. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 2022 | $748,283 | Early Stage Propagation Strategies for Aquaculture Species | Sea Grant | Woods Hole Sea Grant | Matthew Charette (Woods Hole Sea Grant) | Catalyzing Marine Finfish Aquaculture Through Public Aquariums | This project seeks to increase the knowledge base of early-stage propagation and rearing of novel marine finfish aquaculture species by opportunistically collecting eggs from animals spawning within the public aquarium network. Project activities will engage five aquariums (New England Aquarium, National Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium, Aquarium of the Pacific, and the three North Carolina Aquariums) in a collaborative effort to rear larvae and juveniles of selected marine finfish species that are breeding on exhibit for eventual return back to exhibit, to eliminate the need for wild capture of fish. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 2022 | $628,234 | Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Juvenile Production Technologies | Sea Grant | California Sea Grant | Luke Gardner (California Sea Grant) | Maximizing the Quantity and Quality of California Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) Produced Consistently in Intensive Larval Rearing Systems | This project seeks to improve the production efficiency of California yellowtail by developing techniques for year-round production of high quality eggs and increasing the consistency in fish quality among surviving fingerlings. Outcomes of project activities will enhance the reproduction efficiency of California yellowtail and availability of juveniles for grow out operations. This will aid in the expansion of this segment of the aquaculture industry. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 2022 | $999,999 | Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Juvenile Production Technologies | Sea Grant | Hawai'i Sea Grant | Andre Seale (University of Hawai'i) | Resolving Impediments to Captive Longevity and Fecundity in Seriolids, America's Most Successful Offshore Marine Fish Species | This project seeks to evaluate dietary and environmental manipulation strategies to improve the reproductive management of Almaco jackbroodstock, their egg quality and larval development in support of enabling reliable production of juveniles. Outcomes of this work will improve and stabilize Almaco jack broodstock output, contributing to enhanced larval and juvenile production of this species. This will benefit the aquaculture industry focused on production of this species by improving production efficiencies and will potentially lead to expansion of this industry. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 2022 | $709,093 | Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Juvenile Production Technologies | Sea Grant | Maine Sea Grant | Matt Hawkyard (University of Maine) | Nutritional Strategies for Improved Larval Production of Marine Finfish with an Emphasis on Seriola sp. | This project seeks to develop the capacity and knowledge to produce and refine microparticulate finfish larval feeds and evaluate the effects of diets on the performance (growth and survival) of larval California yellowtail and yellowtail amberjack. Outcomes of project activities will help increase larval performance and juvenile production of seriolids, which will aid in development and expansion of aquaculture of seriolids. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 2022 | $996,988 | Marine Finfish Aquaculture: Juvenile Production Technologies | Sea Grant | North Carolina Sea Grant | Eric Herbst (North Carolina Sea Grant) | Sea Grant StriperHub: Commercial Striped Bass Hatchery, Fingerling Production, and Intensive Larval Rearing | This project seeks to establish a consistent juvenile distribution network for striped bass aquaculture that will contribute to industry expansion through effective distribution of seedstock. Project activities will involve evaluation of various larval and juvenile rearing strategies for striped bass, improving spawning of captive striped bass broodstock, and economic analysis of larval and juvenile production. Outcomes of project activities will enhance striped bass broodstock performance and availability of juvenile striped bass for grow out operations. This will aid in development and expansion of the striped bass aquaculture industry. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
70 | 2022 | $424,999 | Advanced Aquaculture Collaboratives (Hubs): Continued Support Competition | Sea Grant | Connecticut Sea Grant | Tessa Getchis (Connecticut Sea Grant) | Advancing Southern New England Shellfish Aquaculture Through an Engaged Public and Next Generation Decision Support Tools (Extension Through 2024) | This project seeks to continue the collaboration of Sea Grant Programs in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, as well as Roger Williams University (RI) and key partners to address public perception and permitting and policy objectives, with a goal of supporting the growth of beneficial and sustainable shellfish aquaculture in southern New England and beyond. Project activities will consist of public outreach, including continuing to implement aquaculture-related educational materials and videos, expansion of state aquaculture entry-level workforce training offerings and expansion of coastal community aquaculture workshops. Outcomes of the project include increased shellfish aquaculture literacy, increased shellfish aquaculture development and increased training and workforce development opportunities. The project will benefit the general public, the shellfish aquaculture industry in the region and coastal communities and their economies. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 2022 | $425,000 | Advanced Aquaculture Collaboratives (Hubs): Continued Support Competition | Sea Grant | Hawai'i Sea Grant | Darren Lerner (Hawai'i Sea Grant) | Hawai'i-Pacific Aquaculture Consortium: Continuing the Expansion of an Aquaculture Development Program | This project seeks to expand an aquaculture development program through the establishment of an aquaculture-focused, collaborative program that engages in geographic and sectoral inclusivity across Hawai‘i and the Pacific region. Project activities include formalizing current and new collaborative alliances to create integrated research, education and outreach efforts that foster the expansion of local, regional and indigenous sustainable aquaculture; supporting critical extension/technology transfer capacity in Hawai‘i and the Pacific region; and promoting the development of a regional aquaculture education program that leverages curricula, training courses and extension materials for aquaculture audiences. Outcomes of the project will include development of the Consortium into a strong network of local, regional and national partners working together to revitalize and expand aquaculture development in Hawai‘i and the Pacific region; development of research and education programs that foster the expansion of sustainable and Indigenous aquaculture at local and regional scales; enhanced opportunities for students, underserved communities and underrepresented groups to learn about aquaculture; enhanced workforce capacity through coordination and leveraging of education activities that support regional aquaculture education across the Pacific; strengthening existing alliances and creation of new alliances; and increased aquaculture literacy. The project will benefit the aquaculture industry in Hawai‘i and the Pacific Region as well as communities and their economies, and the general public. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
72 | 2022 | $423,539 | Advanced Aquaculture Collaboratives (Hubs): Continued Support Competition | Sea Grant | Maine Sea Grant | Dana Morse (Maine Sea Grant) | Supporting Industry Needs Through Maine Aquaculture Hub | This project seeks to continue work of the Maine Aquaculture Hub to support sustainable development of the aquaculture sector across the state by implementing activities identified in the newly released 10-year Maine Aquaculture Roadmap. Project activities will consist of outreach events, workshops and training activities. In addition, a needs assessment will be used to evaluate and document the needs of different demographic groups interested in training through the Aquaculture in Shared Waters program. Project outcomes will include maintaining and strengthening relationships between the Hub and members of the aquaculture sector, gathering feedback and insight from the industry on needs and future directions of interest for progress, engaging the Hub network as a whole through convenings, an updated economic impact assessment of the industry, implementation of aquaculture outreach and education needs identified by Hub participants, and strengthening and diversifying training programs. This project will benefit the Maine aquaculture industry, coastal communities and their economies, and the general public. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
73 | 2022 | $420,238 | Advanced Aquaculture Collaboratives (Hubs): Continued Support Competition | Sea Grant | North Carolina Sea Grant | Eric Herbst (North Carolina Sea Grant) | The Sea Grant StriperHub: Commercial Striped Bass Aquaculture Phase II | This project seeks to extend the ongoing activities of the North Carolina Sea Grant based project, "Striper Hub." Activities to be performed include establishing a Sea Grant Aquaculture Hub: A nexus to commercialize striped bass as a major aquaculture industry (The Sea Grant StriperHub); demonstrating seed stock production, distribution, growout and production economics of domestic striped bass aquaculture; developing marketing strategies, market economics, permitting clarity and business models for domestic striped bass aquaculture; and establishing communication, outreach, extension and training to support domestic striped bass aquaculture development. Expected outcomes include continuing to operate StriperHub's domestic striped bass seedstock and broodstock distribution program, implementing reduced frequency feeding regimes in RAS growout trials to reduce input costs and improve economic viability and sustainability of striped bass production, and identifying candidate pheromone compounds and husbandry conditions that may improve spawning efficiency. In addition, as the basic knowledge of striped bass culture, reproduction, production, growth, nutrition, feeds, genetics and breeding is understood and infrastructure exists to support its commercialization, completion of the revised "Culture of Striped Bass: 21st Century" manual, will greatly benefit this industry sector, as well as the project team's continued outreach and extension efforts. Intended beneficiaries of the project are striped bass aquaculture industry stakeholders and interested potential practitioners of striped bass aquaculture. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
74 | 2022 | $785,248 | FY 2022 Aquaculture Information Exchange (AIE): Host Program | Sea Grant | Virginia Sea Grant | James Clark (Virginia Sea Grant) | Virginia Sea Grant Aquaculture Information Exchange (AIE) Host Program: Providing Cutting Edge Digital Communications Capacity to Build Community | This project seeks to design, host, maintain and monitor a web-based online community platform called the Aquaculture Information Exchange (AIE) for private and public sector individuals and groups with interests in the U.S. aquaculture industry and related topics. Project activities include establishing an AIE Advisory Group; building, designing and hosting the Aquaculture Information Exchange platform; recruiting membership for the AIE; hiring an AIE community manager; and ensuring AIE platform sustainability. Outcomes of the project include a strategy and marketing plan for promoting the AIE and recruiting members; marketing and promotional materials promoting the AIE platform; a comprehensive contact list of AIE members; establishment of collaborative partnerships with the National Sea Grant Office, state Sea Grant programs, the USDA RACs, and aquaculture-related associations, societies and nonprofits; and enhanced collaboration and the exchange of information between growers, researchers, hatcheries, industry, government agencies and other parties with an interest in aquaculture. This project will be of benefit to the entire U.S. aquaculture community, including researchers, extension personnel, resource managers, federal and state agencies, and various industry stakeholder groups. | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Funding/Sea%20Grant%20Fall%202022%20Aquaculture%20Projects%20List.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
75 | 2022 total | $6,796,108 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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77 | SeaGrant 2017-2022 | $25,605,924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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81 | Saltonstall-Kennedy Grants | $3,583,899 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | NOAA Other | $5,346,771 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | SBIR Grants | $6,365,988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | TOTAL 2017-2022 | $40,902,582 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Total without "NOAA other" category, 2017-2022 | $35,555,811 | Dec 2022 comments to NOAA based upon these categories | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2017 | $284,203 | NOAA S-K Grant | Hawaii Pacific University, dba Oceanic Institute of HPU | Transitioning Traditional Hawaiian Fishponds Into Sustainable Aquaculture Enterprises | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/fy17_sk_all.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2017 total | $284,203 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2018 | $289,480 | NOAA S-K Grant | Kampachi Farms, LLC (now Ocean Era) | Developing cost-effective fishmeal-free and fish oil minimized diets for high market value U.S. marine fish aquaculture | This work proposes to formulate and test fishmeal-free and fish oil minimized feeds for two high market value fish through the use of low-cost alternative ingredients: by-product from the natural Spirulina pigment market; low cost poultry meal; and saltwater-grown macroalgae. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/all_sk_fy18_recommended_awards.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2018 | $272,622 | NOAA S-K Grant | University of Hawaii; Pacific Aquaculture & Coastal Resources Center (PACRC) | Hilo Fish Company; Hawaii Cooperative Fishery Research Unit | Developing Culture Methods for Native Fish Species in Support of New Business Models for Increased Participation in Mariculture | Proposing to develop the aquaculture techniques for commercial production of two new species of fish native to Hawai`i within the context of two business models that make participation in and positive perception of aquaculture more likely for ordinary citizens, fishers and existing small businesses. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/all_sk_fy18_recommended_awards.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2018 | $300,000 | NOAA S-K Grant | Aquafeed.com, LLC | Scale Up Production of a Complete Fish Feed and an Organic Fish Fertilizer from Fish Processing Waste for Sustainable Aquaculture and Agriculture in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands | Addressing the utilization of fish processing waste as a complete feed for tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) and as an organic liquid fish fertilizer and a slow release organic solid fertilizer for field crops and aquaponics systems | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/all_sk_fy18_recommended_awards.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2018 | $288,165 | NOAA S-K Grant | University of Florida- Indian River Research and Education Center | Development of Aquaculture Methods for Hogfish, a Highly Valued Sport and Food Fish of the Western Atlantic | The research efforts of this proposal are directed towards developing spawning, egg incubation, and larval culture protocols for hogfish that will maximize juvenile production for growout. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/all_sk_fy18_recommended_awards.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2018 | $299,990 | NOAA S-K Grant | Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago; The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois | Optimizing Feeding and Water Quality Methods to Improve Larval Growth and Survival | This FY2018 proposal addresses Priority #1 (Marine Aquaculture: technology development and transfer) by following up on three promising leads we encountered while conducting the previous work. This new work will further reduce operational costs and improve growth and survival during the sablefish larval phase. This is important because the sablefish aquaculture industry is still new, and further improvements to culture methods are needed for sablefish aquaculture to become more economically efficient. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/all_sk_fy18_recommended_awards.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2018 | $250,838 | NOAA S-K Grant | Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute (HSWRI) | Monitoring Interactions and Reducing Probability of Protected Species Entanglement in Marine Aquaculture Gear: Physical Measurements and Stakeholder Workshop | The goals of this project will be to provide an in-depth review of the available information, the effectiveness of current mitigation measures, and engineering and monitoring tools likely to help reduce risks. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/all_sk_fy18_recommended_awards.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2018 total | $289,480 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2019 | $0 | NOAA S-K Grant | No grants supported OFF this year | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2019 total | $0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2020 | $220,000 | NOAA S-K Grant | Hawaii Feed & Fertilizer LLC | Building Resiliency in Hawaiian Fishing Communities: A Pilot Project Assessing the Feasibility of Developing a Local Fishmeal Plant | AIms to develop a local fishmeal plant because one of the greatest barriers to the growth of aquaculture in Hawaii is the high cost of imported aquafeed. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-05/S-K%20FY20%20Summaries.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2020 | $299,425 | NOAA S-K Grant | Florida Institute of Technology | Application of IMTA-Technology to Revive and Sustain Livelihood of Fishing Communities in Puerto Rico | This proposed work is the first application of the Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) technology to revitalize and sustain the livelihood of coastal fishing communities in Puerto Rico. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-05/S-K%20FY20%20Summaries.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2020 | $297,720 | NOAA S-K Grant | University of New Hampshire | Sustainable US cleanerfish production: developing a lumpfish broodstock program | Proposes to conduct lumpfish broodstock maturation studies, thus providing a source of lumpfish eggs for other US researchers and bringing attention to and spurring other lumpfish research activities. Lumpfish, a species native to the Gulf of Maine, are proven successful cleanerfish that can delouse salmonids when integrated into salmonid farms. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-05/S-K%20FY20%20Summaries.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2020 total | $817,145 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2021 | $300,000 | NOAA S-K Grant | University of Florida | Refining Culture Methods to Improve Aquaculture Production of Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) | The proposed research will build upon these successes and experiments will define optimal larval feeding regimes, juvenile feeding regimes, and growout methods to foodfish size. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-05/FY21%20S-K%20Summary%20of%20All%20Proposals.pdf?null | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2021 | $265,625 | NOAA S-K Grant | North Carolina State University | Collaboration with local fish processing industry to convert fish trimmings and skins into value added fishmeal and fish oil to promote sustainability | Examining the efficacy of converting sustainably-sourced salmon processing waste (fish trimmings and skins; SBP) into similar by- products as sustainable ingredient replacements for aquaculture fish feed formulations. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-05/FY21%20S-K%20Summary%20of%20All%20Proposals.pdf?null | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2021 | $240,139 | NOAA S-K Grant | Aquarium of the Pacific; Seafood for the Future | Developing Effective, Low-Cost Community Outreach Tools for Fishers and Seafood Farmers | The goal of this project is to provide fishers, farmers, and other seafood stakeholders the tools and resources they need to help build trust and improve public perceptions about well-managed U.S. seafood, including fisheries and seafood farming. | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2021-05/FY21%20S-K%20Summary%20of%20All%20Proposals.pdf?null | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2021 total | $805,764 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2022 | $281,653 | NOAA S-K Grant | University of Maine System acting through the Univ. of Maine | Community Science to Support Sustainable and Local Seafood Production in Maine | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2022-04/FY22%20S-K%20Awards_0.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2022 | $299,890 | NOAA S-K Grant | Ocean Era, Inc. | Most likely to succeed: demonstrating commercial viability of Hawaiian snapper | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) | https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/2022-04/FY22%20S-K%20Awards_0.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2022 total | $1,387,307 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 | OFF TOTAL 2017-2022 | $3,583,899 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | OTHER NOAA GRANT PROJECTS SUPPORTING OFFSHORE FINFISH AQUACULTURE FROM 2017 ONWARDS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | Date | Amount $ | Federal entity | Recipient | Project | Purpose/Description/Other Notes | Source | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2018 | $99,494 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Kampachi Farms, LLC (now Ocean Era) | Enabling Offshore Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico: Siting-level Benthic Analyses for a Pioneering Mariculture Pilot Project | In January 2018, the Kampachi Farms applied for the necessary permits to deploy, stock, and harvest from a pilot-scale demonstration fish pen in the GOM (the Velella Epsilon [VE] Project), which is intended to lay the groundwork for wider acceptance of commercial aquaculture in the GOM region, and enable the creation of a step-by-step Manual for Aquaculture Permitting Pathway (MAPP), for others to follow. The Velella Epsilon will be a platform for increasing public awareness of, and receptivity towards, offshore aquaculture and the need to culture more seafood in U.S. waters. This project will conduct a seafloor surface (acoustic survey [hydrographic echo sounder]) and sub-surface (magnetometer and acoustic profiler survey) assessment to meet the BES data requirements of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the EFP and GAP permitting processes in Federal GOM waters. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2018 | $284,771 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | The University of Southern Mississippi | Permitting a finfish aquaculture operation in the Gulf of Mexico | The objectives are to complete the preliminary screening, the pre-application meeting, the baseline environmental surveys and structural analysis needed for aquaculture permit applications in the Gulf of Mexico. A seafloor survey and hydrographic measurements will be completed based on the guidelines in the Baseline Environmental Survey Guidance and Procedures for Marine Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico. Finally, the team will design and implement a variety of outreach activities, including a project webpage, fact sheets, presentations, and public meetings, to inform and educate the public about the regulatory process and the technical details of the project. During these activities, the team will solicit input regarding public concerns and identify potential strategies to address those concerns. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2018 | $38,365 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, MA | Streamlining Aquaculture Review Through the Development of State-Wide Aquaculture Permitting Plan in Massachusetts | The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) developed a plan that outlines an inter-agency approach to aquaculture review and permitting in the Commonwealth called the State-Wide Aquaculture Permitting Plan (SWAPP). The primary outcomes of the stakeholder-driven plan development process included: (1) an assessment of the environmental impacts associated with current and proposed aquaculture gear types and operations, aquaculture techniques, and an identification of the least damaging practicable alternatives; (2) a permitting guide for aquaculture in Massachusetts that clarifies the permitting and review process and lays out siting and performance criteria a project proponent can follow to reduce their permitting burden; (3) a comprehensive discussion of industry, agency, and stakeholder concerns associated with aquaculture projects, which can guide the siting of aquaculture projects and be used to ensure applications for new aquaculture projects fully consider impacts and alternatives. They also created regulatory and outreach materials that make the permitting process more transparent and predictable for both industry and agencies. | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2018 | $54,302 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Atlantic Corporation, Waterville, ME | Measuring Consumer Attitudes and Preferences About Farm-Raised Shellfish, Finfish, and Seaweeds in the Atlantic coast States | The primary objective of this proposal was the creation of a robust database, data-driven reports, and spatial visualization tool about consumer attitudes and preferences regarding categories of marine aquaculture for human consumption–shellfish, finfish, and seaweed–for markets in the fifteen Atlantic coast states. | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2018 | $60,785 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, Walpole, ME | Technical Assistance to Small Aquaculture-Related Businesses in Maine’s Coastal Communities | The project proposed a unique approach to creating new jobs in coastal Maine. The effort was carried out with an end goal of business assistance, job creation, and the expansion of economic opportunity for Maine aquaculturists and wild harvest fishermen. | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2018 total | $537,717 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2019 | $123,735 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | University of Maine, Orono, ME | Aquaculture Workforce Development: Certificate in Applied Sustainable Aquaculture | The project addressed Maine and East Coast aquaculture industry workforce and extension needs by developing credentialed learning modules and industry/academic internships designed to provide a low-cost aquaculture certificate program that will facilitate alternative career opportunities for traditional fishing communities. | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2019 | $47,755 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, MA | The Massachusetts Aquaculture Permitting Plan Web Interface to Streamline Aquaculture Permitting | The project's objective was to create a web-based interface that aquaculture growers can use to navigate the permitting pathway in Massachusetts. This tool creates steps that assist growers sequentially through the state permitting requirements and provide on-line access to permit applications. | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2019 | $64,300 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Kampachi Farms; Mote Aquaculture Park | Advancing Commercial Hatchery Technologies for Almaco Jack (Seriola rivoliana) to Support Offshore Aquaculture Production in Order to Grow U.S. Domestic Seafood Production | The project objective is to ensure that adequate marine finfish fingerlingsupplies are available to support the emerging U.S. aquaculture industry, using Seriola rivoliana as a model species. S. rivoliana is a newly-recognized commercial species with market growth opportunities both domestically, and internationally. In the U.S., Seriola spp were identified as an important marine finfish for aquaculture development in the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Plan (FMP) due to their fast growth, commercial demand, filet quality, high market value, and adaptability to intensive culture conditions. | https://www.gsmfc.org/aquaculture-map.php | ||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2019 | $342,026 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | University of Southern Mississippi; Manna Fish Farms | Permitting a Finfish Aquaculture Operation in the Gulf of Mexico (Phase 2) | The objectives for Phase 2 are to complete structural analysis for selected cages, prepare best management practices, environmental sampling, and quality assurance plans and deploy cages. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2019 total | $577,816 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2020 | $199,725 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | University of Miami, Miami, FL | Accelerating Growth of Sustainable Aquaculture in Atlantic States: Facilitating Development and Expansion of Flounder Aquaculture | This projects objectives are aimed at “sustainable aquatic farming techniques and regional business practices to grow U.S. domestic seafood.” The objectives directly address lost job opportunities and current hardships faced by Atlantic states coastal communities that have traditionally depended on harvest of wild-caught marine finfish species, notably the southern and summer flounders (Paralichthys lethostigma and P. dentatus, respectively). | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2020 | $197,611 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | University of North Carolina Wilmington | Gag Grouper Mycteroperca microlepis: New Candidate is a High-Value Marine Finfish for Intensive Aquaculture in the US. Establishing Hatchery Technology and Evaluating Growth of Wild-Caught Juveniles on Formulated Diets. | The goal of the project is to develop hatchery technology and grow-out diets for gag grouper, to accelerate fingerling production and grow-out to provide a foundation for hatchery-based aquaculture of gag in intensive grow-out systems. | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2020 | $81,082 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Gulf Offshore Research Institute | MMEERSET Phase One: developing platform-based offshore aquaculture using a multi-use approach at Station Padre. | This project will build a model to assess the economic potential for platform-based offshore aquaculture under various production and operating scenarios, conduct a geospatial analysis of the proposed site, and collect environmental data to model the suitability of various pen types in the region. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2020 | $117,930 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | The College of the Florida Keys | From Guts to Glory: Evaluating Visceral Discards from Commercial Fisheries as a Viable Alternative for Male Broodstock During Grouper Aquaculture? | This project will collect male grouper gonads from the commercial fishery in the Florida Keys and cryopreserve the gonads. Female broodstock will also be collected and matured in captivity. Eggs will be combined with thawed sperm for in-vitro fertilization trials. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2020 | $100,000 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | The University of Southern Mississippi; Manna Fish Farms | Permitting a Finfish Aquaculture Operation in the Gulf of Mexico: Phase 3 - Establishing a Red Drum Broodstock Population | This project will establish a population of Red Drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) broodstock that meets the genetic management criteria in the permit for supplying fingerlings to the USM-Manna Fish Farms operation. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2020 | $99,798 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | The University of Southern Mississippi | Hatchery Methods for Seed Production in the Tripletail Lobotes surinamensis, a Prime Candidate for Marine Aquaculture in the US | In this project methods for spawning and culturing larvae of tripletail Lobotes surinamensis will be developed which will enable the establishment of an industry for this species by providing the technological basis for the production of seeds for growout. The project will develop protocols to achieve on-demand production of fertilized eggs from captive broodstocks as needed to supply larviculture units on a predictable schedule and meet the needs of commercial production. The project will also advance the technology for larviculture of tripletail through the development of a protocol based on mainstream live feeds (rotifers and Artemias) compatible with culture of larvae in standard marine hatcheries. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2020 total | $796,146 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2021 | $150,000 | NOAA & Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Gulfstream Aquaculture, LLC, Florida | Preliminary Identification of an Aquaculture Development Area in the Atlantic: Siting-level Benthic Analyses for Offshore Mariculture Activities | The project will conduct a marine spatial planning analysis and baseline environmental survey to identify aquaculture development sites that avoid marine protected areas (sanctuary), sensitive habitats (corals, hard bottoms, protected species, etc.), and deconflict traditional recreational/commercial fishing activities, vessel traffic, and other key ocean user groups. The proposed research will take place in the Florida Keys. | https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/ffaf964965e54d478d0e7a6c5116cd52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2021 | $150,000 | NOAA and the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) | Various Organizations (listed below) | eeBLUE Aquaculture Literacy Mini-Grants Program | $150K to support 10 projects funded collaboratively between the North American Association for Environmental Education and NOAA (Office of Education, National Marine Fisheries Service and Sea Grant) that enhance aquaculture literacy | https://seagrant.noaa.gov/Portals/0/Documents/Handouts/FINAL-SG%20Aquaculture%20Update-May%206%202022_508.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2021 | $150,000 | ^ | Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium; Florida Sea Grant; Gulfstream Aquaculture | Offshore Optics- Taking a Closer Look at Offshore Aquaculture | Will develop and install a new interactive exhibit at the aquarium that will communicate information about sustainable offshore—or open ocean—aquaculture. | https://naaee.org/our-work/programs/eeblue/aquaculture-initiative/awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2021 | $150,000 | ^ | University of Georgia Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant; Georgia Aquarium | SEE (Social, Economic, Ecological) Aquaculture-Enhancing Marine Aquaculture Awareness Through Outreach Education | Will provide aquarium visitors with the basic knowledge and understanding necessary to participate in discussions about the social, economic, and ecological implications of shellfish aquaculture. By co-developing materials, partners will build lasting collaborations and the capacity to enhance marine aquaculture awareness through outreach education. | https://naaee.org/our-work/programs/eeblue/aquaculture-initiative/awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2021 | $150,000 | ^ | University of Maine, Maine Sea Grant, University of Maine Cooperative Extension; Boothbay Sea and Science Center; Children’s Museum & Theater of Maine; and Maine Family Farm and Sea Cooperative | Aquaculture ME! Supporting Cross-Sector Collaborations in Maine Aquaculture Education | This project will leverage existing resources, forge genuine partnerships, and support creative approaches to enhancing aquaculture literacy in Maine’s communities. | https://naaee.org/our-work/programs/eeblue/aquaculture-initiative/awards | ||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2021 total | $750,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2022 | $1,800,000 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Dauphin Island Sea Lab | North central Gulf of Mexico, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) demonstration, research, training, and outreach. | This project will build on the success of the AquaFort in New England and will grow and harvest multiple seafood species, train a workforce and provide outreach to the public while testing this system in the Gulf of Mexico using local species. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2022 | $114,958 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services | Develop education and outreach tools, strategies or initiatives aimed at improving stakeholder understanding and perceptions of marine aquaculture | This project will allow FDACS to understand and address these uncertainties and ultimately identify biologically, economically and socially-suitable locations for mariculture farms in state waters that can maximize economic and ecological benefits and minimize potential social conflict. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2022 | $69,228 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Florida Institute of Technology | Intensive practical training of women in Integrative Multi-Trophic Aquaculture: Towards a sustained mariculture workforce in Puerto Rico | This project will work to build a highly informed and skilled aquaculture workforce that is critical to the success of the Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) industry being developed in Puerto Rico. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2022 | $98,850 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Gulf Offshore Research Institute | Advancing the Viability of Oil Rig Associated Aquaculture | This project will advance our understanding of the viability of oil rig/platform associated aquaculture from the preliminary assessment conducted in 2020 to a more holistic and rigorously studied level which will allow it to be presented as a viable investment opportunity to investors and a valuable and plausible ocean use to regulators and other stakeholders. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2022 | $100,000 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Live Advantage Bait LLC | Advancement of Atlantic Croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) aquaculture | The goal of this project it so initiate commercial development of Atlantic Croaker aquaculture primarily for live bait fish retail. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2022 | $99,978 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | University of Miami - RSMAS | Advancing Commercial-Scale Sustainable Marine Aquaculture: Identification and Assessment of Native Seaweed Species for Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Caribbean Regions | This project will provide increased opportunities for profitability and environmental sustainability of marine finfish aquaculture projects through development of viable alternative species that can be co-cultured in integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) applications with marine finfish operations. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2022 | $169,093 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | University of Southern Mississippi | Aquaculture of the tripletail Lobotes surinamensis, a prime candidate for marine aquaculture in the US | In this project, development of protocols for culturing tripletail Lobotes surinamensis will continue to enable the establishment of an industry producing this species for the US market. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2022 | $232,985 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | University of Southern Mississippi; Manna Fish Farm | Automated Marine Mammal Monitoring System for Manna Fish Farms Gulf of Mexico | The goal of this project is to deploy the Synthetik, DeepSeaVision-AI system at the proposed Manna Fish Farm, Gulf of Mexico finfish farm site and develop automatic detection and classification of marine mammals with the sensory range of the platform. | https://www.gsmfc.org/pubs/Aquaculture_2022_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2022 total | $2,685,092 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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37 | GRAND TOTAL | $5,346,771 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH (SBIR) & SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (STTR) GRANT PROJECTS SUPPORTING OFFSHORE FINFISH AQUACULTURE FROM 2017 ONWARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | Date | Amount $ | Federal entity | Recipient | Others Involved (Co-PI Affiliation, Partners) | Project | Purpose/Description/Other Notes | Source | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2017 | $119,737 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Forever Oceans Corporation | Camera-based Examination of Risk via Behavioral Evaluation with Remote Underwater Surveillance | This project seeks to develop a single, inexpensive tool, CERBERUS (Camera-based Examination of Risk via Behavioral Evaluation with Remote Underwater Surveillance), to detect and alert operators to the presence of multiple types of operational hazards through the use of low-cost hardware and intelligent software processing. CERBERUS will enable fish farmers to remotely and automatically monitor their stock for responses to such hazards, helping them reduce reaction time in rectifying the causal issues, improve outcomes, and decrease overall operational risk. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2017 | $399,986 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | Kampachi Farms (now Ocean Era) | Tofu-tolerant mariculture: Genomics-Assisted Breeding of a High-Quality Marine Finfish for Enhanced Performance on Sustainable, Scalable Soy-based Feeds | Primary Phase II objectives are to validate and test heritability of these markers through marker-assisted broodstock selection; and, identify markers associated with other Seriola phenotypes critical for health, survival and yield in commercial culture (fillet yield, fat content, spinal deformities, sex, skin fluke resistance). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2017 | $750,000 | National Science Foundation - SBIR (Phase II) | PLANT SENSORY SYSTEMS, LLC | SBIR Phase II: Nutrient-Enhanced Soybean for Aquafeed | The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project will be the production of enhanced-nutrition soybeans that have high levels of protein for use in aquafeed. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1310053 | |||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2017 | $97,905 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Live Advantage Bait, LLC | Development of a hormonal implant for small, less than 1kg, marine finfish broodstock to enhance reproduction | This project will develop hormone administration as an effective method to induce maturation and obtain fertilized eggs. Currently, there is no spawning hormone implant available for small fish, less than 1kg fish; an industry that includes marine baitfish, marine ornamentals, and conservation dependent species. This project will, therefore, be novel in the development of an implant suitable for smaller fish. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1406937 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2017 | $98,838 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | LINDGREN-PITMAN, INC. | Optimization of Silkstream Pump for Sea Lice Removal | This project involves the optimization of a Silkstream pump for the removal of sea lice from salmon in the aquaculture industry. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1406955 | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2017 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Xylome Corporation | Aquaculture feeds from grain ethanol stillage | The proposal presented here would create a bioengineered lipogenic yeast to convert the soluble organics present in thin stillage into high titers of ω3-LCPUFAs. At the same time it would provide an amino acid profile appropriate for salmon aquaculture. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1407239 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2017 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Sasya Inc. | FISHMEAL ALTERNATIVE FROM RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCK | This project will produce fishmeal alternative from renewable carbon dioxide from an ethanol plant. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1407023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2017 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | HAWAII FISH COMPANY INC. | Innovative Manufactured Aquaponic Raft for Commercial Farms | Hawaii Fish Company will investigate stronger, food-safe materials and potential design opportunities to improve plant health and growth to demonstrate the feasibility of manufacturing improved food-safe aquaponic rafts to facilitate the expansion of the domestic aquaponics industry and support increased local food production. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1406945 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2017 | $599,120 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | DIVERSIFIED TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | Pulsed Electric Field Application to Aquaculture: Predator Control and Product Extraction | This Phase II SBIR focuses on the application of Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) processing to the growth and extraction of microalgae and algal products | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1407587 | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2017 | $599,999 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | MONTANA BIOAGRICULTURE INC. | Barley Biorefinery: Protein Concentrates and BioBased Chemicals | BPC has valuable markets as a protein ingredient in aquaculture feeds. In phase 1, MBAI developed a process for extracting and recovering beta glucan from barley used in the process without affecting BPC protein concentration or yield. Beta glucan markets include health foods, food processing, livestock feed and aquaculture. In Phase II MBAI will scale up the process in the existing BPC pilot plant to generate the data for integrating co-products into commercial BPC production and produce for market tests. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1407621 | |||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2017 total | $519,723 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2018 | $119,982 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | HJ Science & Technology, Inc. | Portable device for simultaneous detections of multiple pathogenic species in marine aquaculture operations | HJ Science & Technology, Inc. proposes an integrated and portable microfluidic automation technology capable of rapid and simultaneous detections of multiple pathogen species in marine aquaculture operations with a total “end-to-end” analysis time of under one hour. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2018-SBIR-Final-Awards-and-Abstracts.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2018 | $119,786 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Total Quality Systems, Inc | Development of “Permit Wizard” Software for Assisted Permit Application Completion | The objective of this project is to research the technical feasibility of designing a software tool “Permit Wizard” that will automate the process for aquamarine permit application submittal, review, approval/disapproval and issue (including collection of fees). The automated “Permit Wizard” tool will streamline the permit process for marine aquaculture. The resulting efficiencies in time for the permitting process will be an incentive for investment in aquaculture. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2018-SBIR-Final-Awards-and-Abstracts.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2018 | $119,984 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Guild Associates, Inc. DBA Guild Biosciences | Immobilized Enzyme Additive Package for Plant-Based Finfish Aquaculture Feed | For the proposed project Guild BioSciences will utilize our patented immobilized enzyme platform to develop an enzyme-based additive for soybean meal feeds that 1) can maintain effectiveness after being blended into pelleted feed at the point of manufacture, 2) removes anti-nutritional factors related to soybean meal after the feed has been ingested, 3) does not adversely affect the health of the fish, and 4) does not adversely affect the aquaculture environment. The proposed additive package will augment the quality of current processed soybean meal containing aquafeeds, and is expected to improve the production performance, digestibility, and physiological response of fish. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2018-SBIR-Final-Awards-and-Abstracts.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2018 | $120,000 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | InnovaPrep LLC | Development of a Rapid Monitoring System for Detection of Pathogens in Marine Aquaculture Operations | InnovaPrep proposes to develop a rapid sample-to-answer monitoring system for detecting pathogens in marine aquaculture waters. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2018-SBIR-Final-Awards-and-Abstracts.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2018 | $119,990 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Synthetik Applied Technologies LLC | Deep Sea Vision AI: Deep Learning-Based Real-Time Marine Animal Detection for Entanglement Mitigation | The objective of this project is to develop and implement a real-time detection and warning system to mitigate marine entanglement events in offshore aquaculture operations. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2018-SBIR-Final-Awards-and-Abstracts.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2018 | $399,497 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | Forever Oceans Corporation | Camera-based Examination of Risk via Behavioral Evaluation with Remote Underwater Surveillance | This project seeks to develop a single, inexpensive tool, CERBERUS (Camera-based Examination of Risk via Behavioral Evaluation with Remote Underwater Surveillance), to detect and alert operators to the presence of multiple types of operational hazards through the use of low-cost hardware and intelligent software processing. CERBERUS will enable fish farmers to remotely and automatically monitor their stock for responses to such hazards, helping them reduce reaction time in rectifying the causal issues, improve outcomes, and decrease overall operational risk. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2018-SBIR-Final-Awards-and-Abstracts.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2018 | $225,000 | National Science Foundation - SBIR (Phase I) | KnipBio, Inc | SBIR Phase I: Novel Immuno-Nutrition Properties of a Single Cell Protein to Abate Soy-Induced Enteritis in Aquafeeds | The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project is to develop a protein replacement for soy-based marine animal diets to improve yield through effective nutrition and enhanced animal welfare. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1521909 | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2018 | $99,572 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Lumen Bioscience, Inc. | Spirulina-based oral vaccine for infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in farmed salmonid fish | Lumen Bioscience has invented and developed technology that allows the genetic manipulation of the widely consumed algae Spirulina. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1548571 | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2018 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Ichthus Unlimited, LLC | Texas A&M University; the Unified Port of San Diego (SD); and the Spanish Institute of Oceanography | Captive Reproduction, Hatchery Research and Production of Endothermic Pacific Bluefin Tuna Juveniles:Toward Responsible Pacific Bluefin Tuna Mariculture in the United States | Specific objectives are: 1. Establish a brood stock population of PBFT at the North Coronado Island, 2. Use fertilized eggs for production of larvae and juvenile fish, 3. Establish a PBFT hatchery in the Port of SD and 4.Grow PBFT from early juvenile to advance juvenilein a protected environment. In addition, this proposal has the potential to assist in population restoration efforts which are desperately needed. The hatchery will be established in southern California, likely in the SD Bay area. | https://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/1548481 | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2018 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Arch Innotek, LLC | Development of a low-cost natural pigment production in a GRAS yeast | This project aims to develop novel technologies which will allow us to reliably produce high-value carotenoids at low cost and sustainable commercial levels through yeast fermentation-based processes to satisfy the rapidly growing market demands of natural products for animal and human health. After commercial-scale production, the researchers believe that the product would be widely used by the aquaculture and poultry industries and would replace current chemically synthesized product in the animal feed market. The aquaculture and poultry industries, and thus consumers, will benefit from our wholesome product. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1548641 | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2018 total | $1,523,811 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2019 | $399,947 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | InnovaPrep LLC | Development of a Rapid Monitoring System for Detection of Pathogens in Marine Aquaculture Operations | InnovaPrep proposes to develop a rapid sample-to-answer monitoring system for detecting pathogens in marine aquaculture waters. Phase II research will look to improve sample concentration, cell lysis, and DNA purification techniques that were developed in Phase I. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2019Abstracts-P2Only.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2019 | $400,000 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | Synthetik Applied Technologies LLC | Deep Sea Vision AI: Deep Learning-Based Real-Time Marine Animal Detection for Entanglement Mitigation | Synthetik Applied Technologies is proposing to develop a low-cost entanglement detection system for offshore aquaculture operators. The system will use a combination of near real-time satellite imagery, intelligent on-site cameras (both above and below the water line), and acoustic sensors. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2019Abstracts-P2Only.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2019 | $225,000 | National Science Foundation - SBIR (Phase I) | Cryoocyte, Inc. | SBIR Phase I: High Throughput Cryopreservation of Aquaculture Seed | The broader impact/commercial potential of this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project will be to advance cryopreservation technologies for the development of a seed banking product for commercially important aquaculture species. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1643593 | |||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2019 | $99,935 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Applied Biotechnology Institute, Inc. | Orally-Delivered Fish Vaccines | This proposal is designed to produce a novel vaccine antigen using our innovative platform toprotect against Pancreas Disease in salmon. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1673825 | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2019 | $99,101 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Ward Aquafarms LLC | Increasing Domestic Salmonid Production In An Economically And Environmentally Sustainable System | This project will demonstrate the economic and environmental viability of a novel grow-out strategy for farming steelhead trout by utilizing existing marina infrastructure in the winter off season from October to May. The netpens will be surrounded by eastern oysters and bay scallops in lantern nets and lines of sugar kelp to incorporate an integrated multi-trophic design. The addition of filter feeding shellfish and nutrient retaining kelp will decrease the environmental impacts while increasing the economic viability of the system by adding new crops to the farm. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1673889 | |||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2019 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | OCEAN ERA, INC. | Precocious puberty in Seriola rivoliana: induction of early maturation to accelerate selective breeding outcomes in high-value finfish | The goal of this work is to identify methods of inducing precocious puberty in juvenile S.rivoliana. Coupled with Kampachi Farms' ongoing identification of genetic markers for desirable traits inSeriola the proposed effort will allow more rapid production of broodstock with genotypes tailoredto efficient production and decreased ecological footprint (ie. through tolerance of plant-basedproteins). This research may be commercialized through Kampachi Farms' production partners andselling of genetically-improved broodstock for Seriola growers worldwide. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1673707 | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2019 | $599,956 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | AQUACULTURE TECHNOLOGIES OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS | Fish & Feeds: Creating a Sustainable Model of Agriculture in the Marshall Islands | The goal of "Fish & Feeds: Creating a Sustainable Model of Agriculture in the Marshall Islands" is to develop locally sourced fish feeds and produce fish in the Republic of Marshall Islands which imports 90% of its food. TMI will refine the composition and pelletazation of the feeds (dry and semi-moist) test semi-moist and dry versions against the previously developed diet in order to improve its impact on growth performance of Moi; conduct density trials in order to establish the most optimal density for commercial grow-out; and train a local aquaculture workforce. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1673995 | |||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2019 | $599,957 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | Live Advantage Bait, LLC | Development of a hormone implant to facilitate maturation and spawning in fish | This project will build on Phase I research which demonstrated slow release implants can yield2-3x higher juvenile fish production in hatcheries compared to current products on the market. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1674067 | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2019 | $600,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | GLOBAL ALGAE INNOVATIONS, INC. | Algae Production for Aquaculture Feed | This project will support the expansion of the domestic aquaculture industry through development of algae aquafeed ingredients. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1674071 | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2019 total | $3,123,896 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2020 | $149,949 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | AAPlasma, LLC | Non-Equilibrium Short-Pulsed Discharge for Removal of Antibiotics and Pathogens from Water used in Aquacultural Facilities | In the framework of this SBIR Phase I project, AAPlasma will design, develop, and evaluate a pulsed spark discharge system for its implementation in aquacultural facilities to prevent proliferation of waterborne pathogenic microbes and to dissociate antibiotics. The main goal of this SBIR Phase I project is to investigate the efficacy of direct non-thermal plasma in water to inactivate pathogenic bacteria, dissociate toxins of concern, and evaluate the potential risks of this plasma-based approach on fish and similar in-demand marine organisms. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2020-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 2020 | $150,000 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | CD3, General Benefit Corporation | University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station | Continuous eDNA Monitoring for Early Detection of Aquaculture Diseases | CD3, in collaboration with the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station will seek to overcome barriers to biosensors. By testing various approaches to multiplex detection of aquatic pathogens, we will expand the capabilities of the “DNA-Tracker,” meeting a critical benchmark for commercial adoption. The DNA-Tracker enables improved protein production, better food quality, and reduces risk for aquaculture farmers by monitoring eDNA in their ponds and pens for diseases, aquatic organisms, and pathogens. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2020-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 2020 | $149,991 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Lynntech, Inc. | Rapid, Simple Diagnostic for Pathogens in Marine Aquaculture | In this Phase I feasibility effort, the project will establish our assay parameters to specifically detect aquaculture pathogens. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2020-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 2020 | $199,894 | Dept. of Energy - SBIR (Phase I) | Triton Systems, Inc. | Wave Energy Harvesting to Power Ocean Buoys | This project will develop a pointabsorber type WEC that is integrates with existing buoy designs. It uses an oscillating water column effect from buoy heave motion to drive an electrical generator. In addition to enabling larger power budgets for ocean observing buoys, the proposed WEC can be used to provide power for navigational buoys, create UAV recharging nodes, provide power for offshore aquaculture, and provide long endurance surveillance nodes for the Navy with minimal surface presence. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1834913 | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 2020 | $200,000 | Dept. of Energy - STTR (Phase I) | E-Wave Technologies LLC | Innovasea Systems Inc; Virginia Polytechnic Institute | A Self-reactive Marine Energy Converter to Power Ocean Aquaculture | This STTR project teams up a startup company E-Wave Technologies LLC, a leading offshore aquaculture company Innovasea Systems Inc, and a research university Virginia Tech, to co-develop an innovative solution of wave energy converter to power ocean aquaculture. Specially, the team will design and deploy a 35-40 kW flap-type WEC system hinged to the fish feed buoy, to power the feeding and monitoring systems of Innovasea’s open-ocean fish farm, with reduced cost, increased automation, and minimized environmental impacts. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1838423 | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 2020 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Ichthus Unlimited, LLC | From waste/pollution to prime aquafeed ingredient: Use of tuna processing waste soy and cotton seed meal to produce highly nutritious meals for aquaculture | Interdisciplinary research is proposed to increase the efficiency and efficacy of US-based aquaculture through development of nutritious cost-effective alternatives to traditional marine protein feedstuffs.This will entail development of protein concentrates and complete diets from tuna processing wastes and co-products such as low antinutrient soybean meal and gossypol-free cottonseed meal by applying novel extrusion technology. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1906459 | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2020 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Microbio Engineering, Inc | Reed Mariculture Inc. | Cultivation of Microalgae for Aquaculture Feed Applications | This project is a collaboration between MicroBio Engineering Inc. and Reed Mariculture Inc. the former providing algal cultivation technology and microalgae feeds to be tested by the latter for aquaculture applications. Phase I of this project will demonstrate the cultivation and utilization of freshwater microalgae specifically diatoms for aquaculture feeds in hatchery and nursery operations. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1906475 | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 2020 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Gaskiya Diagnostics, Inc | Field diagnostic for the rapid detection of IHNV in aquaculture | Gaskiya Diagnostics LLC. develops low-cost paper-based easy-to-use diagnostic tests for disease detection for the aquaculture industry. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1906471 | |||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 2020 | $600,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | OCEAN ERA, INC. | RESOLVING THE IMPEDIMENTS TO COMMERCIAL CULTURE OF MAHIMAHI THROUGH PRODUCTION OF STERILE ALL-FEMALE STOCK | This project will apply technologies already developed in other fish to produce sterile all-female mahimahi. Hormonal manipulation of first-generation larvae will allow their offspring to be 100% female eliminating male aggression. Gene knock-down can then suppress development of gonads in the fish destined for production to allow commercial grow-out to larger sizes beyond maturation. No fish for consumption will receive hormonal treatments or be genetically modified. Phase II research will adapt and refine these protocols for use in marine fish hatcheries and then grow the offspring out in land-based tanks. Sex maturation rate growth metrics (growth rate feed conversion ratio) and survival rate of the treated and control-group offspring will be compared. These data can then be integrated into an existing business plan model for large-scale offshore production. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1906595 | |||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 2020 total | $449,940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 2021 | $149,562 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Synthetik Applied Technologies LLC | DeepSpace-AI - A Deep-Learning Based Offshore Monitoring System Using Satellite Imagery | This project propose to develop DeepSpace-AI, a robust platform to automate processing and object recognition in satellite imaging for a range of applications in marine environmental monitoring and beyond. The proposed platform will provide a monitoring solution to support permitting efforts for offshore facilities such as wind farms and aquaculture installations, and generally provide a tool for environmental impact analysis. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 2021 | $150,000 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Radmantis LLC | Adopt existing technologies for improved seafood production and to better feed a growing world | The present Phase I proposal aims to pioneer the use and smooth integration of image detection, machine learning (ML) inference, and automated harvesting, into autonomously operating devices within current aquaculture workflows. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 2021 | $149,191 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Mimetics, LLC | Yeast-Based Biosensors for Detecting Pathogenic Bacteria in Aquaculture Systems | This Phase I SBIR Project proposes the development of a novel Yeast-Based Biosensor for detecting pathogenic microbes in aquaculture water. The Biosensor will be packaged as a kit and sold to Aquaculture producers as a stand-alone test. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 2021 | $150,000 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Live Advantage Bait LLC | Rapid diagnostic testing for marine velvet disease, Amyloodinium ocellatum: a potential game changer for disease prevention and economic gain for fisheries and aquaculture | This project proposes two innovative approaches to develop a successful rapid diagnostic test for A. ocellatum: (1) utilization of a Next Generation approach of producing highly specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) for A. ocellatum dinospores and trophonts and (2) developing a standard operating procedure to pre-treat and concentrate aquarium water to enhance detection limits. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 2021 | $149,865 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Tridentis Advanced Marine Vehicles, LLC. | Washington College Watershed Innovation Laboratory (WIL) | Enhanced Aquaculture Monitoring | The purpose of this proposal is to analyze the monitoring requirements for near shore aquaculture installations and determine the best technical solution to continuously monitor these growing sites. By providing continuous monitoring of the water quality, shellfish/finfish quality can be inferred and then transmitted to the consumer as an enhanced food security certification. Tridentis Advanced Marine Vehicles (AMV) in conjunction with the Washington College Watershed Innovation Laboratory (WIL) intend to establish a baseline testing regimen for a near-shore shellfish aquaculture farms and develop a material solution to monitor the environmental conditions efficiently, in real time, accurately, and in a cost-effective manner within aquaculture installations. A | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021-Abstracts-Phase-I.pdf | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 2021 | $499,917 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | Creare, LLC. | Low Cost Ocean Temperature Profile Sensing | Changes in ocean temperature profoundly impact the productivity of fisheries and aquaculture. Consistently sampling offshore ocean temperatures, particularly at depth, is challenging and expensive. Creare is developing the Wireless Open Water Logger (WOWL, openwaterlogger.org), an open-source, inexpensive, and easy to use sensor for logging water temperature and depth. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021Abstracts_PhaseII.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 2021 | $499,919 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | AAPlasma, LLC. | Non-Equilibrium Short-Pulsed Discharge for Removal of Antibiotics and Pathogens from Water used in Aquacultural Facilities | In Phase II of this SBIR project, AAPlasma will construct, optimize, and field-test a pilot-scale plasma system capable of treating industrial aquacultural volume. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021Abstracts_PhaseII.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 2021 | $499,337 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | Lynntech, INC. | Rapid, Simple Diagnostic for Pathogens in Marine Aquaculture | Lynntech is developing a rapid, user-friendly, detection assay to identify, distinguish, and quantify pathogens that infect aquaculture waters. This will be a multiplex assay that will detect six different aquaculture pathogens. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021Abstracts_PhaseII.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2021 | $500,000 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | CD3, General Benefit Corporation | SBIR Phase II: Continuous eDNA Monitoring for Early Detection of Aquaculture Diseases | By completing the assembly of a benchtop instrument and piloting it to detect customers’ target aquatic pathogens, this project will validate and develop the technology. Simultaneously, the project will be using the engineering and application data gathered from the benchtop instrument to inform an Alpha Product unit’s professional industrial engineering design suitable for production and sales. | https://techpartnerships.noaa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/FY2021Abstracts_PhaseII.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 2021 | $206,500 | Dept. of Energy - SBIR (Phase I) | FarmAfield Labs, LLC | Adding value to floating aeration systems via solar powered destratification equipment | This project develops bolt-on equipment to augment existing floating aeration systems on fish farms with solar power and variable speed drives. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2073617 | |||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2021 | $199,770 | Dept. of Energy - SBIR (Phase I) | Triton Systems, Inc. | Wave Energy Harvesting to Power Ocean Buoys | This project will develop a pointabsorber type WEC that is integrates with existing buoy designs. It uses an oscillating water column effect from buoy heave motion to drive an electrical generator. In addition to enabling larger power budgets for ocean observing buoys, the proposed WEC can be used to provide power for navigational buoys, create UAV recharging nodes, provide power for offshore aquaculture, and provide long endurance surveillance nodes for the Navy with minimal surface presence. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2154559 | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 2021 | $199,190 | Dept. of Energy - SBIR (Phase I) | Epsilon Innovation Group, Inc. | Floating Solar Powered Aeration System for Aquaculture | The major objective of our floating solar aeration system is not only to improve water quality but also to have these systems be self-sufficient through solar power, and to specifically target critical organism habitat on a smaller, more practical scale. The floating solar aeration system will consider critical parameters important for aquaculture setting including water temperature, stocking density, and feed. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2154613 | |||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 2021 | $206,128 | Dept. of Energy - SBIR (Phase I) | HAWAII FISH COMPANY INC. | Floating Solar Aquaculture Aerator with Secondary Renewable Energy Option | The Phase I objective is to pioneer a floating solar-powered aeration system that is highly efficient, less intrusive to aquaculture operations, and more cost-effective for farmers. To achieve this, the system will use sub-surface air diffusers, which input dissolved oxygen and circulate water from the pond bottom or selected depths, with a floating photovoltaic-powered air compressor. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2074517 | |||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 2021 | $198,157 | Dept. of Energy - STTR (Phase I) | Excipio Energy, Inc. | Gulf of Mexico Energy Infrastructure Re-use and Blue Development | This work will prepare for deployment of marine hydrokinetic technologies with improved performance and lower cost to support sustainably meeting the growing energy demand while advancing profitable marine energy opportunities in the Blue Economy tightly coupled to end-user needs such as alternative fuels, energy storage and seawater desalination supporting aquaculture, agriculture, marine enviro-monitoring and eco-tourism. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2159119 | |||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 2021 | $1,099,468 | Dept. of Energy - SBIR (Phase II) | Triton Systems, Inc. | Wave Energy Harvesting to Power Ocean Buoys | This project will develop a pointabsorber type WEC that is integrates with existing buoy designs. It uses an oscillating water column effect from buoy heave motion to drive an electrical generator. In addition to enabling larger power budgets for ocean observing buoys, the proposed WEC can be used to provide power for navigational buoys, create UAV recharging nodes, provide power for offshore aquaculture, and provide long endurance surveillance nodes for the Navy with minimal surface presence. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2104441 | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 2021 | $1,000,000 | National Science Foundation - SBIR (Phase II) | Lucendi, Inc. | SBIR Phase II: AI-based automated, portable, and high-throughput platform for early identification and characterization of potentially harmful microorganisms in aquaculture | This project will develop a cost-effective, high-performance platform to monitor and characterize plankton and other microorganisms in water. Some of these aquatic microorganisms may be harmful or even fatal resulting in significant public health concerns and economic consequences, such as billions lost annually in the aquaculture industry due to harmful algal blooms and sea lice. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2081931 | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 2021 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Frontline Biotechnologies Inc. | A Sorbent Technology for eDNA Collection and Concentration for Aquaculture Pathogen Detection | In this SBIR Phase I proposal we offer the demonstration of the feasibility and proof of concept of a novel eDNA sorbent kit that relies on chemical affinity-based eDNA sorption rather than size exclusion used by conventional techniques. This new concept would allow for more efficient and cost-effective collection and concentration of clean eDNA from large volumes of aquaculture water thus enabling more reliable and affordable aquatic disease diagnostics. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2196349 | |||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 2021 | $100,000 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Hood Canal Mariculture Inc. | Paradigm Shift Technology for Scalable, High-Density, High-Yield Commercial Multi-Species Mariculture | HCM is proposing to develop a novel semi-rigid growing support framework that will replace and ultimately eliminate conventional plastic line in the farm's marine environment.The macro-algae (seaweed including kelp) growing support system will have the capability to easily accommodate structures for shellfish and other aquaculture species with potential for significant improvements in efficiency. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/2196357 | |||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 2021 total | $748,618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 2022 | $174,255 | USDA - SBIR (Phase I) | Xylome Corporation | Heterologous Synthesis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for Aquaculture | Grant #: 2022-33530-37114 The work to be undertaken in this project will create a new source for omega-3 fatty acids by converting byproducts from grain processing into clean, sustainable, nutritious oils through fermentation. Xylome has developed a yeast that generates large amounts of oil from corn syrup and inorganic nutrients. By modifying the metabolism of these yeasts, they will be able to synthesize long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids that are essential for brain development in children, and mental acuity in adults. Xylome will combine these oils with soy protein and essential amino acids to create a clean, sustainable, fish-free feed for domestic aquaculture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 2022 | $175,000 | USDA - SBIR (Phase I) | Nucleic Sensing Systems LLC | Detecting and Genetically Verifying Key Aquaculture Viruses Autonomously and Continuously | Grant #: 2022-33530-37118 This project aims to complete the assembly of a benchtop submodule biosensor and verify its efficacy to detect target viral pathogens (Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus, Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus, Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus) for aquaculture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 2022 | $174,652 | USDA - SBIR (Phase I) | Varigen Biosciences Corporation | Development of a Simple and Easy to Use Diagnostic Assay for Rapid Detection of Virulent Strains of Aeromonas hydrophila (vAh) | Grant #: 2022-33530-37115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 2022 total | $523,907 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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70 | 2017 - 2022 | $6,365,988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | Date | Amount $ | Federal entity | Recipient | Others Involved (Co-PI Affiliation, Partners) | Project | Purpose/Description/Other Notes | Source | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2012 | $26,808 | USDA - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative | Auburn University | International Symposium on Genetics in Aquaculture XI | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2012 | $733,071 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2012 | $733,071 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Oceanic Institute (Hawaii) | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2012 | $733,072 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2012 | $733,072 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington - Forestry School | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 26th Annual Work Plan (FY12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2012 | $547,629 | USDA - Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program | Ohio State University | Ohio Aquaculture Association (OAA) | Aquaculture Boot Camp (ABC): Enhancing success of new and beginning aquaculture farmers through integrated production and business training | The Aquaculture Boot Camp(ABC)will offer new and beginning farmers integrated training in aquaculture production and business management strategies with 3-I levels: Intensive, an in-depth level involving immersion in a year-long hands-on training and mentoring program; Intermediate, a mid-level involving participation in a variety of learning activities; and Introductory, a general level where sharing of information is the goal. | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2012 | $215,790 | USDA - Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions | University of Alaska Southeast | Creating and expanding fisheries and aquaculture educational pathways in Alaska through university and community collaborations | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2012 total | $3,722,513 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2013 | $691,138 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2013 | $691,137 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2013 | $691,041 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington - Forestry School | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 26th Annual Work Plan (FY12) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2013 | $691,137 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Ocean Institute | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2013 | $303,522 | USDA - Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian-Serving Institutions | University of Alaska Southeast | Getting Rural Alaskans into Science Professions (Enhancing Education in Fisheries, Aquaculture and Marine Science for Under-Served Alaskans) | This project directly addresses a USDA #39 priority area, Food Security and Hunger and Climate Change, by exploring ecological questions on how changing climate impacts terrestrial and marine systems and changes to local food supplies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | 2013 total | $3,067,975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | 2014 | $746,496 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | 2014 | $746,496 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Ocean Institute | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | 2014 | $746,496 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 2014 | $310,000 | USDA - Special Research Grants Program | Mississippi State University - School of Veterinary Medicine | Evaluation of novel live attenuated Edwardsiella ictaluri vaccine candidates for prevention of enteric septicemia of catfish | The immediate objective of this study is to evaluate the novel E. ictaluri mutants developed as live attenuated vaccine candidates and establish an optimal immersion-oral vaccination regime. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | 2014 | $310,000 | USDA - Special Research Grants Program | Auburn University | Enhancing low-oxygen tolerance of catfish using genomics and genetics | The long-term goal of this project is to enhance catfish stocks with superior performance traits to support a sustainable and profitable aquaculture industry. To reach this long-term goal, in this project, researchers will identify closely linked markers to the major gene locus controlling low-oxygen tolerance, and validate and apply such markers for selection of channel catfish and blue catfish used for the production of hybrid catfish, providing immediate benefits to the catfish industry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | 2014 | $746,496 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 28th Annual Work Plan (FY14) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | 2014 | $310,000 | USDA - Special Research Grants Program | Massachusetts General Hospital | Small Molecule Approach for Inducing Sterility in Aquaculture | In an effort to discover novel means of sterilizing fish, researchers performed a small molecule screen with developing zebrafish embryos and discovered a novel compound called primordazine, which is capable of specifically blocking the maintenance of primordial germ cells (PGCs). The principal objective will be to develop a highly effective treatment regimen capable of consistently producing 100% sterility. In this application, researchers propose to optimize the structure of primordazine and develop derivatives with even greater potency and selectively. The researchers will also develop optimal treatment conditions for inducing sterility in zebrafish and tilapia and measure the performance of treated tilapia in grow-out trials. If successful, this project will enable safe and effective sterilization of fish for a wide range of commercial applications. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | 2014 | $141,509 | AFRI Post Doctoral Fellowships | University of Florida | Investigating the Use of Nanomaterials in Sequestration and Inactivation of Viruses in Aquaculture Systems | his project will employ novel methodologies to produce specialized carbon based nanomaterials and test their efficacy at sequestration and inactivation of a model fish virus, the largemouth bass virus. After optimization of a prototype filter, the filter will be tested for its efficacy at limiting transmission of the virus through waterborne exposure or horizontal transmission by exposing uninfected fish to infected fish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | 2014 total | $4,057,493 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | 2015 | $489,896 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of New Mexico | New mucosal vaccines for aquaculture: intranasal vaccines for finfish | This project investigates, for the first time, the use of novel mucosal vaccines delivered via the nose, in rainbow trout. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | 2015 | $480,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Quantification of the Prevention Efficacy of Vaccines Against Virulence Evolution of Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus in Aquaculture | This project proposes to quantify the virulence evolution prevention efficacy of vaccines for the important salmonid aquaculture pathogen Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV). To do so researchers will compare the transmission blocking efficacy of three vaccine types. The researchers will then elucidate the virulence evolution prevention efficacy of these three vaccine types by allowing the virus to naturally evolve in fish receiving each vaccine. This work would provide a highly translational framework for aquaculturists, disease managers, and policy makers to identify which vaccine strategies will provide the best long-term disease control and lowest environmental impact. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | 2015 | $149,056 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of Maine | Increasing our understanding of Atlantic salmon endocrine function to improve embryo survival in commercial aquaculture | In order to understand what these differences mean, as well as develop a framework to understand the mechanisms involved, more work is needed to understand the endocrine processes that underlie reproduction. Specifically, we need to understand seasonal reproductive hormone profiles for North American strains of adult female Atlantic salmon, including 11-ketotestosterone, un understudied but important androgen. Because whole animal studies are time consuming and costly, tissue and cell culture models for this salmon strain need to be refined to complement whole animal experimentation. This information can then be used to design future studies to address causes of embryo mortality. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | 2015 | $745,728 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Hawaii Pacific University | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | 2015 | $745,728 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | 2015 | $745,728 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | 2015 | $311,746 | USDA - Other Grants | Auburn University | Effect of dietary phytic acid reduction on catfish susceptibility to virulent Aeromonas hydrophila | |||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 2015 | $745,728 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 28th Annual Work Plan (FY14) RENEWAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | 2015 | $312,139 | USDA - Special Research Grants Program | University of Arizona | Improving Genetic Potential for Growth: Novel Selection of Brood Stock Based on Metabolic Rate | In this grant, the researchers propose to compare selection of broodstock based on NADH2 production to selection of broodstock based on growth and aim to establish the validity of assessing the genetic potential for growth in adults based on the NADH2 production of tissue explants or cells isolated from these explants. Together these studies will validate a tool that will allow for the enhancing thegenetic potential for growth inaquaculture species. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | 2015 | $290,394 | USDA - Capacity Building Grants Program | Kentucky State University | Application of Crossbreeding and Genetic Sex Regulation for Development of Fast-Growing All-Male Tilapia Cross for Aquaculture | This project suggests development of all-male, high-quality, fast-growing tilapia cross by applying several genetic methods including crossbreeding, genetic sex regulation, application of advanced DNA markers and color variability analysis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | 2015 total | $5,016,143 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | 2016 | $360,428 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Michigan State University | Flavobacterial diversity and its effect on disease in aquaculture | This project will: 1) examine the genetic diversity of F. psychrophilum isolates from all over the US as it relates to their ability to cause disease and resist antibiotic treatments; 2) clarify the role that non- F. psychrophilum flavobacteria play in BCWD, both alone and in combination with F. psychrophilum, using experimental challenge; and 3) determine if a newly developed vaccine against F. psychrophilum will protect against multiple F. psychrophilum variants, as well as non- F. psychrophilum flavobacteria. The data generated from this study will be conveyed to stakeholders within the US aquaculture industry through peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals, in presentations at scientific conferences, and through collaborative outreach and extension efforts. As a result, aquaculture professionals within the US will be better equipped to prevent and control flavobacterial disease outbreaks, thereby potentially reducing operational costs and improving farm profitability. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | 2016 | $440,455 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi | Future Water Quality Challenges to Aquaculture and Influences on Product Safety | Attempts to quantify the susceptibility of U.S. aquaculture farms to reductions in water quantity and quality, determine factors that influence bioaccumulation of CECs to improve existing models, determine troublesome CECs that bioaccumulate and eliminate those that will not in an effort to improve our understanding of human exposure pathways and provide data to proactively mitigate potential human health risks and product safety concerns associated with nontraditional water usage. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | 2016 | $495,001 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | United States Geological Survey | Collaborative Immune Reagent Network for Aquacultured Species | The ultimate goal of this project is to develop and provide immunological tools and assays to the aquaculture community to advance fish health. The main benefit of this research will be to enhance sustainable aquaculture in the US. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | 2016 | $599,715 | USDA - Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards | Ohio State University | Aquaculture Boot Camp - 2: Enhancing the sustainability of new and limited resource aquaculture/aquaponic farmers with innovative training | |||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | 2016 | $739,960 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | 2016 | $764,960 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 29th Annual Work Plan (FY16) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | 2016 | $739,960 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Maryland | USDA NIFA - Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center FY 2016 Prime Grant | |||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | 2016 | $326,250 | USDA - Other Grants | Auburn University | Improving Aquaculture`s Value through Enhanced Nutrient Management | The long-term goal of this project is to develop primary, secondary, and tertiary revenue-generating production processes from the initial fish feed input required for aquaculture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | 2016 | $275,887 | USDA - Other Grants | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | Why has U.S. Aquaculture Struggled Economically? Identifying Key Current and Future Determinants of Economic Sustainability | This project directly addresses the Aquaculture Research program goal to improve profitability of U.S. aquaculture, increase domestic investment opportunities and provide rural jobs. It combines economics expertise in commercial RAS and pond businesses with regional economic analysis to develop the first comprehensive study to explicitly compare profitability of commercial business models for RAS and pond production of various species and production scales under standardized methodologies and assumptions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | 2016 | $739,960 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Hawaii Pacific University | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | 2016 | $307,869 | USDA - Other Grants | Michigan State University | Identification of the risks of emerging flavobacteria to early life stages of farmed salmonids and development of improved control strategies | Researchers plan to identify the flavobacteria that are major contributors to rainbow trout egg and fry mortality in US aquaculture operations, and then will optimize the dose/duration of commonly used disinfectants/chemotherapeutants to reduce RBT egg/fry-associated flavobacteria. This will be accomplished by isolating and identifying egg/fry-pathogenic flavobacteria from rainbow trout hatcheries and aquaculture facilities across the USA and then determining which of these flavobacterial strains are capable of resisting naturally occurring fish-egg defense mechanisms. Next, the ability of representative flavobacteria to cause egg/fry mortality and disease will be assessed under laboratory conditions, followed by an evaluation of how to best prevent these infections and control disease outbreaks through the optimization of chemotherapeutic and disinfection treatments. Lastly, the genetic characteristics associated with the ability for some of these flavobacteria to cause disease and resist antibiotics/disinfectants, among others, will be examined. Completion of this research will fill a number of large knowledge gaps, allow for the development of improved and targeted future control strategies, and subsequently lead to increased productivity in US aquaculture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | 2016 | $739,960 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | 2016 total | $6,530,405 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | 2017 | $499,350 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Auburn University | Systems Modeling of Nitrogen Recycling in Multi-Trophic Aquaculture Production | The goal of this research is to understand nutrient use efficiencies in large-scale multi-trophic finfish aquaculture by developing a systems modeling approach to nitrogen and phosphorus flows within the system. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | 2017 | $402,145 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Oregon State University | Development Of Bio-Enabled Nano-Plasmonic Sensing Technology For Rapid Detection Of Histamine And Aquaculture Drugs In Seafood | The aim of this project is to develop a cost-effective, high performance biosensing technology for rapid detection of histamine and unapproved aquaculture drugs in seafood to enhance food safety. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | 2017 | $490,161 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Mississippi State University - School of Veterinary Medicine | Control strategies for virulent Aeromonas hydrophila in catfish aquaculture by vaccination and informing pond management | In this project renewal, researchers will determine antigenic and pathogenic similarity between two VAh subclades and evaluate efficacy of a live, attenuated vaccine strain. The researchers will also determine efficacy of a recombinant Edwardsiella ictaluri vaccine carrier strategy to control VAh. Finally, the researchers will identify risk factors and putative predictive indicators of VAh outbreaks in commercial catfish ponds. The target audiences of this research are catfish producers as well as fish pathologists, veterinarians, and extension personnel serving the industry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | 2017 | $743,424 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Maryland | USDA NIFA - Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center FY 2017-2018 Prime Grant Renewal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | 2017 | $320,883 | USDA - Other Grants | Auburn University | Bioeconomics of columnaris vaccines in channel catfish aquaculture | The objectives of this project are: i) to deliver an optimized vaccine to the US catfish industry, and ii) to furnish a novel economic model that quantifies vaccine efficacy under field conditions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | 2017 | $743,424 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | 2017 | $743,424 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 29th Annual Work Plan (FY16) RENEWAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | 2017 | $743,424 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Hawaii Pacific University | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | 2017 | $743,424 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | 2017 | $320,984 | USDA - Other Grants | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Production of reproductively sterile rainbow trout for environmentally-responsible and economically-sustainable US aquaculture industry | This goal will be achieved by 1) Optimize dnd-MO-Vivo post-fertilization immersion protocol for large scale production to determine the most economical conditions that achieve 100% sterility induction; 2) Establish pre-fertilization immersion protocols that may further reduce production costs, and optimize treatment parameters and conditions to achieve 100% sterility induction; 3) Compare growth related performance traits among sterilized diploid, fertile diploid, and triploid fish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | 2017 | $321,165 | USDA - Other Grants | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | Oral Vaccine for Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus | Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is a pathogen of major economic importance to the aquaculture industry. It causes infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) disease in trout and salmon, and is the most important viral disease of salmonid in the Northern hemisphere. This project proposes to develop oral fish vaccines, which are needle-free, cost-effective and relatively easy to administer to large-scale aquaculture populations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | 2017 | $225,643 | USDA - Veterinary Services Grant Program | University of Florida | Comprehensive Aquaculture Veterinary Medicine Training for Veterinarians in Rural America | A three-year training program focused on high quality and advanced aquaculture training for veterinarians practicing in rural America. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | 2017 | $261,613 | USDA - Other Grants | Auburn University | Biomanipulation as a tool to enhance aquaculture through the management of toxic cyanobacteria | Building on new preliminary data documenting large effects of zooplankton genotypes that are resistant to toxic cyanobacteria, this project proposes to use ecological interactions (i.e., trophic cascade theory) as an environmentally and economically sustainable approach for controlling toxic and off-flavor-producing cyanobacteria in commercial catfish aquaculture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | 2017 total | $4,423,984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | 2018 | $467,877 | University of California - Davis | From Sample to Answer: Rapid Isolation and Instant Quantitation of Antibiotic Residues in Aquaculture Produce | The major goals of the proposed research are to revolutionize this process by developing and validating a hand-held lab-on-a-chip device for on-site, rapid, inexpensive and simulataneous isolation and quantitaton of 4 amphenicol antibiotics commonly found in seafood imports, and 2) determine the extent of antibiotic contamination in imported seafood products. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | 2018 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Hawaii | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | 2018 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | 2018 | $309,427 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Mississippi State University - School of Veterinary Medicine | Prevention of motile aeromonas septicemia in catfish by novel live attenuated vaccines | The long-term goal of this project is to characterize mechanisms of E. ictaluri pathogenesis in order to develop effective control strategies for the disease. The immediate objective of this study is to develop novel LAVs by mutating T6SS and USP genes and by characterizing mutants' safety and efficacy in catfish. The rationale of the proposed research is that T6SS and USPs are essential for E. ictaluri virulence in catfish and mutation of genes in these systems is expected to yield safe and efficacious vaccines for catfish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | 2018 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 31st Annual Work Plan (FY18) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | 2018 | $309,489 | USDA - Cooperative Agreement | Agricultural Research Service | Underlying Mechanisms For Selected Disease Resistance And Enhanced Non-Specific Resistance In Rainbow Trout | This project's goal is to perform a multi-pathogen challenge and measure disease performance responses among trout strains with different genetic backgrounds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | 2018 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | 2018 | $249,838 | USDA - Biotechnology Risk Assessment Grants Program | Center for Aquaculture Technologies, Inc. | Sterile Monosex Populations For Genetic Containment Of Genetically Engineered Fish. | To discover novel and effective means of sterilizing fish, this project proposes to investigate induced mutations across a combination of genes necessary for spermiogenesis and steroid hormone synthesis; resulting in male sterility and masculinization respectively. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | 2018 | $309,516 | USDA - Other Grants | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | Pathways For Revitalizing U.S. Aquaculture: Reducing Regulatory Inefficiencies While Ensuring Sustainability And Social Responsibility | This project directly addresses the program priority of applied economic research to increase profitability of aquaculture by: 1) measuring on-farm economic effects of regulatory compliance costs on catfish, East Coast shellfish, tropical fish, hybrid striped bass, and tilapia farms; 2) identifying strategies likely to reduce redundancy and inefficiency in regulatory compliance without compromising oversight to ensure sustainability and social responsibility; and 3) disseminating project results. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | 2018 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Maryland | Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center (NRAC) 2018 Prime Grant | |||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | 2018 | $100,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Center for Aquaculture Technologies, Inc. | Maternal specific mutations causing loss of Primodial Germ Cell to produce sterile fish populations with improved culture performance. | The principal objective is to interrogate the function of at least six genes expressed in oocytes and whose products are believed to be necessary for PGC development in fish embryos. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | 2018 total | $3,756,683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | 2019 | $1,199,982 | USDA - National Robotics Initiative | Florida Atlantic University | NRI: INT: Hybrid Aerial/Underwater Robotic System (HAUCS) for Scalable, Adaptable Maintenance of Aquaculture Fish Farms | The main objective of the proposed project is to design, develop and field-test the Hybrid Aerial/Underwater RobotiC System (HAUCS) for aquaculture fish farm water quality monitoring. HAUCS will be capable of collaborative monitoring and decision-making on farms of varying scales. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | 2019 | $120,000 | USDA - AFPI Predoctoral Fellowships | Cornell University - School of Veterinary Medicine | Regulating antimicrobial peptides in housefly larva meal to improve fish health and the sustainability of aquaculture feeds | Elucidating the basic biology of how insect larvae respond to different rearing conditions and, more significantly, the effect of that response on the properties of resultant LM, could provide a novel non-antibiotic approach to prevention of diseases in an aquaculture setting. In addition, this project will further serve the aims of this program by (i) contributing to the training of the next generation of agricultural researchers, and (ii) providing actionable information for current farmers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | 2019 | $200,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Cornell University - School of Veterinary Medicine | Increasing the number of safe and effective therapeutics for aquaculture | As part of the coordinated effort to generate data to support approval by FDA/CVM, Cornell University researchers will conduct a series of studies under a recently submitted protocol to FDA/CVM (AQS20E-18-SEA-TAS.2b) to evaluate the safety of AQUI-S®20E (10% eugenol) used to sedate marine fish to the handleable stage of anesthesia in saltwater. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | 2019 | $414,812 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of Rhode Island | Molecular Mechanisms of Interspecies Interactions in Mitigating Aquaculture Diseases | The long-term goal of this investigation is to develop new tools to enhance aquaculture.Here, the research team will define molecular mechanisms that determine the survival of oyster larvae when exposed to a probiotic bacterium, Phaeobacter inhibens S4, and a problematic, widespread shellfish pathogen with a broad host-range, Vibrio coralliilyticus RE22. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | 2019 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Hawaii | Regional Aquaculture Center ? Center of Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | 2019 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Maryland | Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center (NRAC) 2019 Prime Grant Renewal | |||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | 2019 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 31st Annual Work Plan (FY18) RENEWAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | 2019 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | 2019 | $929,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | Regional Aquaculture Center - North Central Region | |||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | 2019 | $161,291 | USDA - Other Grants | Texas A&M University | Integrated studies of poly-ß-hydroxybutyrate production and dietary administration to improve health and resistance of hybrid striped bass and Nile tilapia to bacterial pathogens | This 2-year project is proposed to develop a cost-effective method of producing the organic acid poly-β-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) and applying it to feed to enhance immune responses and disease resistance of hybrid striped bass and Nile tilapia to Streptococcus iniae and Aeromonas hydrophila, leading fish pathogens. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | 2019 | $99,541 | USDA - Other Grants | Ohio State University | Induction of Tetraploidy and Gynogenesis to Produce Sterile All-Female Largemouth Bass | Largemouth bass (LMB) are considered one of the most popular freshwater game fish in the United States, and are highly valued for their palatability, particularly in ethnic markets. These reasons have resulted in increased global demand. Reproduction can have a negative impact on yield of LMB due to fish allocating energy to gamete production. This project aligns within the category of Genetics of Commercial Aquaculture Species. Genetics can be used to improve yields by avoiding reproduction through the use of polyploidy, and by producing sterile monosex progenies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | 2019 | $243,543 | USDA - Alfalfa and Forage Program | Agricultural Research Service | Advancing the use of alfalfa leaf protein concentrate in aquafeeds to enhance finfish production and reduce environmental impacts in aquaculture production | Experiments will measure the physical quality of feed pellets with commercially produced APC, determine palatability and digestibility of APC, establish optimal APC concentrations for rainbow trout, and test APC feed in a commercial trout operation. Additionally, APC will be manufactured from plants expressing an antimicrobial peptide and plants expressing a fungal phytase for testing their effects on fish health, feed utilization, and water quality. Producer and end-user stakeholder involvement will be incorporated in designing and assessing on-farm processes that are expected to yield a cost-effective, high-quality protein product. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | 2019 | $299,999 | USDA - Other Grants | University of Rhode Island | Modifying microbiomes to mitigate infectious diseases in aquaculture facilities | This investigation addresses the program area priority to solve critical disease issues impacting commercial aquaculture species. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | 2019 | $298,734 | USDA - Other Grants | Michigan State University | Understanding Flavobacterium psychrophilum intraspecific diversity as it pertains to disease management and prevention in aquaculture | The overarching goal of this project is to account for this diversity and reduce Fp-induced trout losses by improving flavobacterial diagnostic capacity,modifying management practices to account for strain-based persistence and transmission strategies, and exploring novel vaccination tactics. This research will improve farmed-trout production/profitability in short-term via: a) improved disease diagnosis/timely intervention; b) reduced disease losses through targeted management. Production/profitability will improve medium-term via potential vaccine development and reducing antibiotic use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | 2019 | $300,000 | USDA - Other Grants | University of California - School of Veterinary Medicine | Antigenic profiling of distinct Flavobacterium columnare genetic groups affecting cultured fish species for vaccine development | In this proposal, three established aquatic animal health laboratories will partner to investigate the antigenic diversity of F. columnare genetic groups in three important aquacultured fish species in the USA (e.g., rainbow trout, channel catfish, Nile tilapia). The overarching goal of this study is to identify shared immunogenic protein vaccine antigens of F. columnare to provide protection against each genetic group reported in the US. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | 2019 total | $3,261,668 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | 2020 | $1,018,596 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | North Carolina State University | NRI: INT: Development of a Customizable Fleet of Autonomous Co-Robots for Advancing Aquaculture Production | The vision of this project is to transition nearshore mariculture to an efficient and sustainable industry through developing an adaptable and customizable, surface and aerial vehicle fleet for smart monitoring, integrated with aframework for accelerated robotic software prototyping, using oyster production in North Carolina as a case study and testbed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | 2020 | $496,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of California, Santa Cruz | From under-utilized microalgal co-product to prime aquafeed ingredient: foundation for cost-viable and fish-free feed for aquaculture | This project will develop new aquafeed formulae combining the new co-product meal and another oil-rich microalga to replace fishmeal and fish oil in aquafeeds for rainbow trout. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | 2020 | $112,754 | USDA - Equipment Grants Program | University of Washington | Instrument Acquisition For Characterization Of Microplastics In Seafood And Assessment Of Plastic Degradation Of Aquaculture Gear | The proposed work will establish important ecological baselines for microplastics in shellfish in the Pacific Northwest Region and assess plastic degradation of aquaculture gear. This project will address the USDA-NIFA strategic goal of Providing all Americans Access to a Safe, Nutritious, and Secure Food Supply. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | 2020 | $397,668 | USDA - Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards | Marine & Environmental Research Institute of Pohnpei (MERIP) | University of Hawaii – Pacific Aquaculture and Coastal Resources Center (UHH-PACRC, an 1862 Land Grant Institution); the Hilo Aquaculture Cooperative (HAC); Kua'aina Ulu ‘Auamo (KUA); and the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) | Technical Assistance, Extension and Training for Beginning Aquaculture Farmers in Hawaii, Micronesia and American Samoa | This project will develop a highly collaborative network between stakeholders in Hawaii and the Pacific Islands to increase the efficiency of training and extension efforts and to share information and knowledge. | http://rvsbfrdp-test.cffm.umn.edu/Awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
96 | 2020 | $949,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Maryland | Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center FY2020 Grant | |||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | 2020 | $303,560 | USDA - Other Grants | Rutgers University (Cook College) | Increasing The Capacity And Profitability Of Us Aquaculture By Matching Practical Seafood Product Attributes With Post-Pandemic Consumer Demand | This project will identify consumer misconceptions that limit purchases of three aquaculture products (shrimp, salmon, and oysters); determine nutrition, health, and sustainability attributes of farmed fish likely to increase consumers; in-store purchases; and, determine effective labeling practices to guide industry professionals in marketing farmed fish to consumers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | 2020 | $924,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Washington | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 32nd Annual Work Plan (FY20) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | 2020 | $924,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Mississippi State University | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | 2020 | $310,000 | USDA - Other Grants | Michigan State University | Breaking vertical transmission cycles of virulent Flavobacterium psychrophilum sero-/genotypes | Flavobacterium psychrophilum (Fp), causative agent of bacterial coldwater disease (BCWD), is a top disease impediment for US-farmed trout and salmon. The overarching goal of this research is to arm aquaculturists with immediately deployable methods for reducing Fp-induced losses by halting parent-offspring transmission. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
101 | 2020 | $315,000 | USDA - Other Grants | University of Maine | Development of a decision support system for sea lice management in salmon aquaculture | In this work, a decision support system providing farmers with a means to track, view, and manipulate relevant water quality information to make informed management decisions in siting and treatment of sea lice is developed. Improving information transfer and decision-making promotes economic integrated pest management plans with sound non-drug components. This objective is accomplished by developing a model of sea lice transport along the Maine and New Brunswick coast. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
102 | 2020 | $924,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | University of Hawaii | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Tropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
103 | 2020 | $924,280 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | Iowa State University | North Central Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
104 | 2020 | $315,000 | USDA - Other Grants | VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY | Market Research to Guide U.S. Aquaculture Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Shutdowns | This project will make a singular scientific contribution by analyzing the evolution of changes in seafood consumer behavior throughout the economic recovery from the pandemic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
105 | 2020 | $244,383 | USDA - Alfalfa and Forage Program | Agricultural Research Service | Advancing the use of alfalfa leaf protein concentrate in aquafeeds to enhance finfish production and reduce environmental impacts in aquaculture production | Experiments will measure the physical quality of feed pellets with commercially produced APC, determine palatability and digestibility of APC, establish optimal APC concentrations for rainbow trout, and test APC feed in a commercial trout operation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
106 | 2020 | $266,000 | USDA - NIFA Grant | Mississippi State University | Channel Catfish Virus (CCV) targeted management approaches in catfish aquaculture. | Aim 1: (A) Determine whether the vertical (brood fish to progeny) transmission of CCV occurs within catfish eggs, on egg surfaces or both, and develop egg disinfection protocols to reduce virus transmission. (1B) Evaluate the efficacy of antiviral agents in preventing viral replication.Aim 2: Immunization of catfish broodstock and assessment of CCV in progeny. (2A) Brood fish will be immunized using attenuated CCV to determine if immunization reduces disease prevalence in eggs, fry, and fingerlings when compared to non-immunized fish. (2B) Vaccinated and non-vaccinated channel and hybrid catfish fingerlings will be challenged with wild type (wt) CCV to compare the virus susceptibility.Aim 3: (A) Test different environmental stress factors (temperature, oxygen, stocking density) that might trigger CCV disease outbreaks. (3B) Evaluate the differential susceptibility of catfish populations (channel, hybrid and blue catfish) towards multiple CCV strains. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
107 | 2020 | $434,659 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Auburn University | Development of a bacterial-algal-zooplankton process for conversion of agricultural waste into aquaculture feed | The goal of this project is to develop an efficient, ecologically friendly process to treat agricultural and food processing wastewaters while transforming nutrient pollutants into nutrient-rich zooplankton, specifically the large-bodied zooplankter Daphnia pulicaria, for use as aquaculture fish feed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
108 | 2020 | $999,948 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of California, Davis | Auburn University | A Systematic And Integrated Approach To Mitigation Of Antimicrobial Resistance In Aquaculture | The trial at UCD will use well water while the trial at Auburn will use surface water. The abundance, diversity, and changes of AMR bacteria and antimicrobial resistant genes (ARGs) present in fish and rearing water before and after antibiotic treatments will be investigated using culture-based and metagenomics approaches. An antibiotic usage guideline will be developed at the end of the experiment and will be disseminated to farmers, veterinarians, and the general public via multiple education and extension platforms. | |||||||||||||||||||||
109 | 2020 total | $9,859,968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
110 | 2021 | $500,000 | USDA - Agricultural Workforce Training Grants | Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center | Washington County Community College | Development of training for the next generation of Maine's aquaculture workforce | The Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center and Washington County Community College are partnering to create and pilot workforce training programming for aquaculture. The need for the program was identified in a recent report written by The Gulf of Maine Research Institute. The project includes the creation of new curriculum and instructional delivery systems, pilot testing curriculum and delivery methods, and development of assessment tools. | |||||||||||||||||||||
111 | 2021 | $500,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of Missouri | FACT: AquaMine - A High Performance Genomic Data Mining System for Species of Importance to US Aquaculture | The overall objective of this project is to provide a bioinformatics resource that enables data mining, integration and comparison of genomic datasets of aquaculture species. The expected outcome is a web-accessible data mining resource that will empower aquaculture researchers, with or without programming skills, to leverage the genomic data in their research, thereby accelerating discoveries that will lead to a better understanding of physiological mechanisms underlying commercially important traits. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
112 | 2021 | $485,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Carteret Community College | Strengthening the Aquaculture Workforce Development Pipeline in Coastal North Carolina | The goal of Carteret Community College's project is to increase the number of people entering the workforce with education and training in the field of aquaculture and improve the preparedness of Carteret Community College Aquaculture program graduates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
113 | 2021 | $1,000,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of California, Santa Cruz | Recycling microalgal co-product to reduce eutrophication emissions from trout aquaculture | This project will: manufacture new co-product meal via different processing methods; evaluate the new co-product meals via digestibility experiment; identify a suitable level of fishmeal replacement by co-product meal via growth experiment; develop a low-P diet using co-product meal and conduct growth experiment; quantify nutrient flows (N and P) and conduct LCA modeling; conduct economic modeling and quantify financial viability of incorporating co-product meal in rainbow trout diets; extend commercial applicability of project via a community of practice that implements on-farm feed trials. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
114 | 2021 | $249,998 | USDA - Capacity Building Grants Program | Kentucky State University | Expanding Aquaculture and Healthy Food Choices to Reduce Economic and Health Disparities Affecting Minority and Limited-Resource Stakeholders | The proposed project builds on KSU's 1890 Land Grant Extension capacity by strengthening Extension development and services, and by upgrading Extension technologies and capabilities. It is a continuation of efforts at KSU to introduce genetically improved tilapia for expanding and diversifying locally farmed fish (aquaculture) and other farmed products. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
115 | 2021 | $298,560 | USDA - Other Grants | Texas State University | Development Of Nasal And Gut Probiotics To Protect Intensive Catfish Culture Against Edwardsiella Ictaluri Infections | In this project, researchers will identify catfish nose and gut microbiome that are tolerant to poor quality waters. Then, researchers will design and produce probiotic treatments for nose and gut of fish and will assess their ability to protect against infections. Specifically, researchers will target for probiotic treatments that protect from the "hole in the head" disease in catfish, with the long-term goal being to develop food probiotics that can prevent bacterial illness in intensive culture systems. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
116 | 2021 | $310,000 | USDA - Other Grants | Mississippi State University | Management Of Fish-Borne Trematodes In Pond-Raised Ictalurid Catfish | This project proposes an integrated study to identify all potential vectors, through surveys of trematode life stages in avian, molluscan, and fish hosts using a polyphasic approach employing classical parasitology, molecular biology and next-generation sequencing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
117 | 2021 | $300,000 | USDA - Aquaculture Research | Ohio State University | Advance aquaculture production through refining and transferring technology of commercial-scale production of monosex yellow perch | The overall goal of this project is to advance the North Central Region (NCR) and Great Lakes Region (GLR) yellow perch aquaculture for which a foundation of knowledge and activity currently exists but where significant barriers remain. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
118 | 2021 | $238,500 | USDA - National Needs Graduate Fellowships Program | University of Arkansas | Holistic Career Preparation Of Doctoral Students From Under-Served Groups In Aquaculture And Fisheries Sciences For FANH Careers. | Students will be recruited to participate in the only PhD program currently offered at The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - in Aquaculture and Fisheries. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
119 | 2021 | $163,314 | USDA - AFRI Post Doctroral Fellowships | SAES - OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY | The Wonderful World of Tetraploid Saugeye: developing technology to establish saugeye aquaculture in the U.S. | This project will utilize techniques proven effective to address similar challenges/barriers in other cultured species. Project objectives are 1) development of conventional polyploidy methods and innovative genetic manipulation techniques ( stem cell transplantation) to produce tetraploid saugeye, which can be crossed with normal (diploid) saugeye to produce sterile triploid progenies with low-costs, and high-yields, and 2) conduct first investigation of saugeye domestication (production and evaluation of second generation). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
120 | 2021 | $197,970 | USDA - Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards | MARINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POHNPEI | Technical Assistance, Extension and Training for Beginning Aquaculture Farmers in Hawaii, Micronesia and American Samoa - COVID 19 Response | |||||||||||||||||||||||
121 | 2021 | $27,763 | USDA - Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards | Maine Aquaculture Association | Main Aquaculture Business Training: Strengthening a Sector of Beginning Farmers | The project will focus on entrepreneurship and business training for beginning aquaculture farmers in Maine and will provide them with financial and risk management training, including improving upon Maine aquaculture business planning and risk management tools, aiding farmers in developing diversification and marketing strategies, the exploration of new markets, and providing an overview of farm financial benchmarking. | http://rvsbfrdp-test.cffm.umn.edu/Awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
122 | 2021 | $968,000 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | SAES - UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND | Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center Program FY2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
123 | 2021 | $968,000 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | SAES - MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY | Southern Regional Aquaculture Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
124 | 2021 | $968,000 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | Western Regional Aquaculture Center - 32nd Annual Work Plan (FY20) RENEWAL | |||||||||||||||||||||||
125 | 2021 | $968,000 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | SAES - IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY | North Central Regional Aquaculture Center Administration | |||||||||||||||||||||||
126 | 2021 | $968,000 | USDA - Aquaculture Centers | SAES - UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII | Regional Aquaculture Center - Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||||||
127 | 2021 | $27,763 | USDA - Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program Awards | Maine Aquaculture Association | Maine aquaculture business training: strengthening a sector of beginning farmers | The project will focus on entrepreneurship and business training for beginning aquaculture farmers in Maine. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
128 | 2021 | $4,000,000 | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Central State University | College of Menominee Nation (CMN) | Sustainable Aquaculture Production of High Omega-3-Containing-Fish Using a Novel Feed Additive (Hemp) | This project aims to develop a system for producing sustainable, safe, affordable, and accessible sources of high-value, healthy foods- while focusing on and increasing agriculture production in rural, low-income, and underrepresented minority (URM) communities. | |||||||||||||||||||||
129 | 2021 | $375,000 | USDA - National Robotics Initiative | Stevens Institute of Technology (Inc.) | University of Virginia; Virginia Tech | Collaborative Research: NRI: Ocean-Powered Robots for Autonomous Offshore Aquaculture | This project aims to develop a sustainably powered autonomous robotic system, including both an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) and an autonomous variant of a tethered remotely operated vehicle (which we term AROV), to improve the operation, maintenance, and monitoring processes and increase overall fish production at offshore fish farms. | |||||||||||||||||||||
130 | 2021 | $375,000 | USDA - National Robotics Initiative | SAES - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University | Stevens Institute of Technology (Inc.); University of Virginia | Collaborative Research: NRI: Ocean-Powered Robots for Autonomous Offshore Aquaculture | This project aims to develop a sustainably powered autonomous robotic system, including both an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) and an autonomous variant of a tethered remotely operated vehicle (which we term AROV), to improve the operation, maintenance, and monitoring processes and increase overall fish production at offshore fish farms. | |||||||||||||||||||||
131 | 2021 | $250,000 | USDA - National Robotics Initiative | Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia | Stevens Institute of Technology (Inc.); Virginia Tech | Collaborative Research: NRI: Ocean-Powered Robots for Autonomous Offshore Aquaculture | This project aims to develop a sustainably powered autonomous robotic system, including both an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) and an autonomous variant of a tethered remotely operated vehicle (which we term AROV), to improve the operation, maintenance, and monitoring processes and increase overall fish production at offshore fish farms. | |||||||||||||||||||||
132 | 2021 | $500,000 | USDA - Agricultural Workforce Training Grants | Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Establishing a Comprehensive Workforce Training System for Maine’s Aquaculture Sector | |||||||||||||||||||||||
133 | 2021 | ?? | USDA - Hatch | University of New Hampshire | ADVANCING LUMPFISH AQUACULTURE AND THEIR USE AS BIOLOGICAL DELOUSERS IN SALMONID OCEAN FARMS | This project proposes to evaluate stocking density and lighting regimes to reduce cannibalism in the hatchery; assess the impact of water currents on the ability of lumpfish to adhere to their habitats in the salmonid farm; and advise stakeholders on best management plans to increase lumpfish production and use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
134 | 2021 | ?? | USDA - Cooperative Agreement | Mississippi State University | Improving Catfish Health | Conduct research focused on diseases that limit production efficiency in commercially raised catfish. Projects will focus on development of rapid molecular-based diagnostic tests used in disease surveillance, disease treatment and prevention, and development of best management practices that lessen the impact of infectious and non-infectious diseases. | https://portal.nifa.usda.gov/web/crisprojectpages/0440430-improving-catfish-health.html | |||||||||||||||||||||
135 | 2021 total | $14,638,868 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
136 | 2022 | $6,000,000 | USDA - NIFA Sustainable Agricultural Systems Grant | Central State University | Sustainable Aquaculture Production of High Omega-3-Containing-Fish Using a Novel Feed Additive (Hemp) | This project aims to develop a system for producingsustainable, safe, affordable, and accessible sources of high-value, healthy foods- while focusing on and increasing agriculture production in rural, low-income, and underrepresented minority (URM) communities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
137 | 2022 | $20,000 | USDA - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative | University of Maryland | Conference Grant Proposal 2022 National Aquaculture Extension Conference | Grant #: 2022-67015-37461 This proposed National Conference builds upon the previous conferences and will bring together both Sea Grant and Land Grant educators and specialists to explore common program bonds and ways to collaborate professionally to enhance the program activities of both. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
138 | 2022 | $600,000 | USDA - Agriculture and Food Research Initiative | SAES - University of Maine | Establishing Metrics of Broodstock and Offspring Quality in Atlantic Salmon Aquaculture | Grant #: 2022-67016-37226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
139 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of Maine | ESTABLISHING METRICS OF BROODSTOCK AND OFFSPRING QUALITY IN ATLANTIC SALMON AQUACULTURE | Grant #: 2022-67016-37226 This project seeks to identify characteristics in broodstock or their offspring that will predict offspring quality and future performance, allowing farmers to optimize broodstock selection, and better manage their stocks. Therefore, the objectives of this project are to 1) develop metrics that will identify broodstock that will have a high likelihood of producing high quality offspring and 2) identify metrics that predict survival and growth of embryos and juveniles to inform hatchery managers of what growth models to plan for. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
140 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Mississippi State University | DEVELOPMENT OF A DUAL LIVE ATTENUATED VACCINE TO PREVENT MOTILE AEROMONAS SEPTICEMIA AND ENTERIC SEPTICEMIA OF CATFISH | Grant #: 2022-67011-36574 This project will focus on vaccine development and efficacy evaluation in channel catfish. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
141 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of Mississippi Medical Center | IDENTIFICATION OF TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR LIGANDS IN CHANNEL CATFISH | Grant #: 2022-67011-36580 The goal of this project is to study catfish TLRs, and determine their respective ligands or MAMPs, and also investigate if different catfish TLRs combine in order to recognize different ligands. The results of these studies could help improve vaccines by the incorporation of different TLR ligands as immune enhancing agents, which in turn will have a positive impact on the aquaculture industry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
142 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Atlantic Corporation | ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING TOOL SET TO IDENTIFY MARKET OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOMESTIC FARM-RAISED FINFISH AND SHELLFISH | Grant #: 2022-67023-36379 Atlantic Corporation proposes to develop a set of publicly available and widely distributed market assessment and business planning tools for stakeholders across the aquaculture industry. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
143 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | University of Pennsylvania | DISCOVERY OF NOVEL IGT-INDUCING IMMUNIBIOTICS AND THEIR PROTECTIVE EFFECTS AGAINST FISH MUCOSAL PATHOGENS | Grant #: 2022-67015-36338 This project proposes for the first time in fish the identification and characterization of rationally selected fish immunobiotics. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
144 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Mississippi State University | TRANS-CINNAMALDEHYDE AS AN ANTIMICROBIAL FEED ADDITIVE TO CONTROL AND PREVENT ENTERIC SEPTICEMIA OF CATFISH | Grant #: 2022-67015-36339 This proposal focuses on the application of trans-cinnamaldehyde (TC) as a possible solution to control ESC infection. This project includes conducting research to investigate the therapeutic and prophylactic potential of dietary-TC in catfish against E. ictaluri infection, including multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
145 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Texas State University | ELUCIDATING THE METAL CELL BIOLOGY OF SAPROLEGNIA PARASITICA | Grant #: 2022-67015-36341 This project will investigate the metal-ion metabolism and metallobiology ofS. parasitica, responsible for significant production loss from hatch to harvest in freshwater fish aquaculture. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
146 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - AFRI Competitive Grant | Gulf of Maine Research Institute | ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE WORKFORCE TRAINING SYSTEM FOR MAINES AQUACULTURE SECTOR | Grant #: 2022-67037-36260 This project will develop and pilot a Maine Department of Labor Aquaculture (ME DOL) Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program where participants will gain valuable experience, receive mentoring, get trained and tested on defined occupational competencies, and learn to use cutting-edge technology at Maineand pilot a Maine Department of Labor Aquaculture (ME DOL) Aquaculture Apprenticeship Program where participants will gain valuable experience, receive mentoring, get trained and tested on defined occupational competencies, and learn to use cutting-edge technology. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
147 | 2022 | ?? | USDA - Hatch Grant | Auburn University | INTEGRATING NANOTECHNOLOGY AND STABLE ISOTOPE TECHNIQUES TO ADDRESS ISSUES AND CHALLENGES AT THE CRITICAL AGRICULTURE-WATER-ENVIRONMENT NEXUS (AWEN) IN ALABAMA | The goal of this project is to better understand the fate, transport, and biogeochemical cycling of contaminants (both conventional and newly emerging), as well as their remediation in aquatic environments using nanotechnology and stable isotope techniques. Specific objectives include: (1) nanotechnology for sustainable agriculture and aquaculture using nanosensors, nanopesticides, and nanofertilizers; (2) innovative strategy for aquatic environment remediation (e.g., P and PFAS); (3) transport and cotransport of particles (e.g., colloids and nanomaterials) with newly emerging contaminants (e.g., PFAS and plastics) in the aquatic environment; and (4) tracking the source and identifying the biogeochemical cycling and bioavailability of P in watershed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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149 | 2022 total | $6,620,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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151 | GRAND TOTAL | $64,955,700 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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13 | 2018 | $24,500,000 | USAID - Cooperative Agreement | International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM), doing business as WorldFish | Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity | This is a 5-year assistance activity built to keep the momentum generated by the Feed the Future Aquaculture for Income and Nutrition Activity (AIN), and to achieve inclusive aquaculture sector growth through a market system approach. | https://www.grants.gov/custom/viewOppDetails.jsp?oppId=282832#relatedDocumentsTab | https://ideas.repec.org/b/wfi/wfbook/40837.html | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | 2018 | $35,000,000 | USAID | Fish Innovation Lab | Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Fish | USAID awarded $35 million from 2018–2023 to establish the Fish Innovation Lab to reduce poverty and improve nutrition, food security, and livelihoods in developing countries by the reliable and inclusive provision of fish through sustainable development of aquaculture and fisheries systems. | https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2022-USAID-Our-Ocean-Conference-Announcements.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||
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35 | 2021 | $1,200,000 | USAID | World Fish Timor-Leste | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Government of New Zealand | THE ACCELERATING AQUACULTURE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY IN TIMOR-LESTE | The Accelerating Aquaculture Development in Timor-Leste activity is helping improve livelihoods and nutrition by increasing production and consumption of fish in Timor-Leste while promoting sustainable fish supply chains. | https://www.usaid.gov/timor-leste/project-descriptions/accelerating-aquaculture-development-activity-timor-leste | https://www.usaid.gov/timor-leste/press-releases/nov-23-2021-usaid-and-new-zealand-embassy-join-promote-aquaculture | |||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2013 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | OCEAN ERA, INC. | CAN THE "BLASTER" IMPROVE THE PROFITABILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND EXPANSION OPPORTUNTIES FOR MARINE AQUACULTURE? | This project seeks to prove that the BLASTER (Blue LASer Treatment for Ectoparasite Removal) can control parasites in marine fish operations, benefiting fish health, growth, survival and FCRs and farm profitability, the potential for expansion of the marine fish culture industry, and reduced potential impacts to wild fish stocks. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/680616 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 2015 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | Ocean Era, Inc. | ENABLING MAHIMAHI AQUAFARMING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF MALE MONO-SEX CULTURE | Examining techniques to obtain mono-sex populations of mahi mahi so as to establish the basis for a new aquaculture industry that can be applied throughout the tropical seas of the world. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/966789 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | 2016 | $127,865 | NOAA S-K Grant | Kampachi Farms, LLC (now Ocean Era) | Herbivorous marine finfish culture - the compelling case for kyphosids | Kampachi Farms, LLC will develop and test feeds on kyphosids, a native herbivorous marine fsh and a highly esteemed food fsh within the local cultures of the greater Pacifc. Te testing feeds will include commercial fsh feed and feed formulated from three common invasive marine seaweeds. Tis project will test the performance of kyphosid growth and evaluate fsh taste and quality. Tere are two components of this project and they will occur in two separate locations. Te grow-out feed trial of kyphosids fed commercially available fish feed will be conducted at the existing Kampachi Farms research facility in the State of Hawai‘i’s Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii complex in Kona, Hawai‘i. Te grow-out feed trial of kyphosids fed invasive algae will occur at He‘eia fshpond on O‘ahu and be conducted by the fshpond’s nonproft stewards, Paepae o He‘eia. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | 2016 | $119,520 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase I) | Kampachi Farms | Center for Aquaculture Technologies | Tofu-tolerant mariculture: Genomics-Assisted Breeding of a High-Quality Marine Finfish for Enhanced Performance on Sustainable, Scalable Soy-based Feeds | Collaborating with the genetics team at Center for Aquaculture Technologies, Kampachi Farms now proposes to utilize genetic marker-assisted selection techniques to develop a strain of fish that are more tolerant of plant-derived proteins and their associated antinutritional factors than the “wild-genotype” fish currently under culture. This work will identify genetic markers associated with increased soy-protein tolerance in Kampachi, and construct a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) marker panel to allow rapid high-throughput genotyping of fish for selective breeding purposes. | |||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2016 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | OCEAN ERA, INC. | CRACKING KYPHOSIDS: DEVELOPING CULTURE OF HIGH-VALUE HERBIVORES FOR SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD | The goal is to develop commercial farming technology of a new marine species. This fish would not require fish meal or oil and thrive on vegetable based feeds reducing its overall ecological footprint and increasing its sustainability. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1203623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | 2016 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | OCEAN ERA, INC. | Formulated Sardines: a high-moisture, sustainable diet for fastidious feeding high-value marine fish | Kampachi Farms has adopted the USDA-developed "Formulated Sardine" - a fibrous, high-moisture, soft extruded strip of formulated feed which more closely mimics the texture of natural fish - to high-end marine fish such as groupers and tunas. Phase I research thoroughly demonstrated the feasibility of this concept by conducting palatability and grow-out trials to determine if Formulated Sardines would be accepted by high-value marine carnivores and generate acceptable growth rates attractive to commercial culture. Kampachi Farms proposes, through this Phase II research, to bring this novel aquafeed format closer to commercial viability by expanding into trials with Pacific Bluefin and Yellowfin Tunas, assessing its efficacy in specialty formulated broodstock diets, and determining the effectiveness of a derivative soft "crumble" product in accelerating weaning of highly prey-selective, difficult-to-rear marine finfish larvae onto formulated feeds. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1204457 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | 2017 | $139,474 | OFF | NOAA Sea Grant | Florida Sea Grant; University of Florida | Kampachi Farms (now Ocean Era); University of Miami | Velella Epsilon: Pioneering Offshore Aquaculture In The Southeastern Gulf of Mexico | This project will deploy and operate a single, small-scale demonstration fish net pen (Velella Epsilon) as an educational platform for policymakers, the public, and fishing industry interests while concurrently pursuing an application for a commercial aquaculture permit in the Gulf of Mexico waters off southwest Florida and documenting the process for future applicants to follow (Manual for Aquaculture Permitting Pathway, or MAPP). | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | 2017 | $399,986 | NOAA - SBIR (Phase II) | Kampachi Farms (now Ocean Era) | Tofu-tolerant mariculture: Genomics-Assisted Breeding of a High-Quality Marine Finfish for Enhanced Performance on Sustainable, Scalable Soy-based Feeds | Primary Phase II objectives are to validate and test heritability of these markers through marker-assisted broodstock selection; and, identify markers associated with other Seriola phenotypes critical for health, survival and yield in commercial culture (fillet yield, fat content, spinal deformities, sex, skin fluke resistance). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | 2018 | $289,480 | NOAA S-K Grant | Kampachi Farms, LLC (now Ocean Era) | Developing cost-effective fishmeal-free and fish oil minimized diets for high market value U.S. marine fish aquaculture | This work proposes to formulate and test fishmeal-free and fish oil minimized feeds for two high market value fish through the use of low-cost alternative ingredients: by-product from the natural Spirulina pigment market; low cost poultry meal; and saltwater-grown macroalgae. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 2018 | $99,494 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Kampachi Farms, LLC (now Ocean Era) | Enabling Offshore Aquaculture in the Gulf of Mexico: Siting-level Benthic Analyses for a Pioneering Mariculture Pilot Project | In January 2018, the Kampachi Farms applied for the necessary permits to deploy, stock, and harvest from a pilot-scale demonstration fish pen in the GOM (the Velella Epsilon [VE] Project), which is intended to lay the groundwork for wider acceptance of commercial aquaculture in the GOM region, and enable the creation of a step-by-step Manual for Aquaculture Permitting Pathway (MAPP), for others to follow. The Velella Epsilon will be a platform for increasing public awareness of, and receptivity towards, offshore aquaculture and the need to culture more seafood in U.S. waters. This project will conduct a seafloor surface (acoustic survey [hydrographic echo sounder]) and sub-surface (magnetometer and acoustic profiler survey) assessment to meet the BES data requirements of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the EFP and GAP permitting processes in Federal GOM waters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | 2019 | $64,300 | NOAA & Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission (GSMFC): Marine Aquaculture Pilot Projects Grant Opportunity | Kampachi Farms; Mote Aquaculture Park | Advancing Commercial Hatchery Technologies for Almaco Jack (Seriola rivoliana) to Support Offshore Aquaculture Production in Order to Grow U.S. Domestic Seafood Production | The project objective is to ensure that adequate marine finfish fingerlingsupplies are available to support the emerging U.S. aquaculture industry, using Seriola rivoliana as a model species. S. rivoliana is a newly-recognized commercial species with market growth opportunities both domestically, and internationally. In the U.S., Seriola spp were identified as an important marine finfish for aquaculture development in the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Plan (FMP) due to their fast growth, commercial demand, filet quality, high market value, and adaptability to intensive culture conditions. | https://www.gsmfc.org/aquaculture-map.php | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | 2019 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase I) | OCEAN ERA, INC. | Precocious puberty in Seriola rivoliana: induction of early maturation to accelerate selective breeding outcomes in high-value finfish | The goal of this work is to identify methods of inducing precocious puberty in juvenile S.rivoliana. Coupled with Kampachi Farms' ongoing identification of genetic markers for desirable traits inSeriola the proposed effort will allow more rapid production of broodstock with genotypes tailoredto efficient production and decreased ecological footprint (ie. through tolerance of plant-basedproteins). This research may be commercialized through Kampachi Farms' production partners andselling of genetically-improved broodstock for Seriola growers worldwide. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1673707 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2020 | Dept. of Agriculture - SBIR (Phase II) | OCEAN ERA, INC. | RESOLVING THE IMPEDIMENTS TO COMMERCIAL CULTURE OF MAHIMAHI THROUGH PRODUCTION OF STERILE ALL-FEMALE STOCK | This project will apply technologies already developed in other fish to produce sterile all-female mahimahi. Hormonal manipulation of first-generation larvae will allow their offspring to be 100% female eliminating male aggression. Gene knock-down can then suppress development of gonads in the fish destined for production to allow commercial grow-out to larger sizes beyond maturation. No fish for consumption will receive hormonal treatments or be genetically modified. Phase II research will adapt and refine these protocols for use in marine fish hatcheries and then grow the offspring out in land-based tanks. Sex maturation rate growth metrics (growth rate feed conversion ratio) and survival rate of the treated and control-group offspring will be compared. These data can then be integrated into an existing business plan model for large-scale offshore production. | https://www.sbir.gov/node/1906595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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15 | 2022 | $299,890 | NOAA S-K Grant | Ocean Era, Inc. | Most likely to succeed: demonstrating commercial viability of Hawaiian snapper | Science or Technology that Promotes Sustainable U.S. Seafood Production and Harvesting (Aquaculture) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | Blue Ocean Mariculture |