NRAC Current Projects Since August 2014
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USDA 2020 funds 2020-38500-32716
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21-03 Development of Resistant Bay Scallop Strains for Aquaculture in the Northeast
$29,948 yr one $40,017 yr two $69,965 Total
2 years total
Stony Brook Univ
Emmanuelle Pales Espinoza
Progress Report not available
21-01 Tautog (Tautoga onitis) Early Life Stage Optimization in Aquaculture Systems: Spawning, Culture Density, and Diet Through Metamorphosis
$104,884 yr one $93,200 yr two $198,084 Total
2 years total
Ward Aquafarms, LLC
Dan Ward
Progress Report not available
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MG 20-04 Vaccinating the Mucosal Surfaces of Commercially Important Fish Species
$18,094 Total
1 year total
University of Maine
Ian Bricknell
Progress Report not available
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MG 20-01 Increasing Minority Professional Participation in Urban Aquaculture and Public Aquariums
$19,901 Total
1 year total
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Steven G. Hughes
Progress Report not available
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USDA 2019 funds 2018-38500-28885
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MG 19-14 Aquaculture Biotechnology for the Enhancement of Live Feed Production
$16,178 Total
1 year total
Roger Williams University
Andrew Rhyne
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MG 19-13 Establishment of the Scallop Research Collaborative
$12,386 Total
1 year total
University of Maine
Meggan Dwyer
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MG 19-07 Oyster Microbiome Changes Resulting from Different Winter Storage Methods
$19,318 Total
1 year total
Rutgers University
Heidi Yeh
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19-18 Comparing the Performance of Diploid and Triploid Eastern Oysters in the Northeast
$97,863 yr one $102,131 yr two $199,995 Total
2 year total
Stony Brook Univ
Bassem Allam
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19-15 Optimizing the Performance of the Bottle Upweller System for Enhanced Shellfish Nursery
Production
$70,719 yr one $80,895 yr two $151,614 Total
2 year total
Roger Williams University
Dale Leavitt
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20-03 Quantifying Farm-Scale Ecosystem Services Provided by Eastern Oyster Aquaculture in the Northeast
$91,809 yr one $106,809 yr two $198,618 Total
2 year total
Rutgers University
Daphne Munroe
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20-02 Expanding Green Sea Urchin Production by Removing Key Aquaculture Challenge
$109,577 yr one $90,423 yr two $200,00 Total
2 year total
University of Rhode Island
Coleen Suckling
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20-01 Understanding Public Perceptions Associated with Design and Siting of Potential Aquaculture Projects
$99,957 yr one $99,960 yr two $199,917 Total
2 year total
University of Rhode Island
Tracey Dalton
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USDA 2018 funds 2018-38500-28885
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18-03 Improving Hatchery Techniques of Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) for Use as a Cleaner Fish to Control Sea Lice in Atlantic Salmon Net Pens
$100,000 yr one $100,000 yr two $200,000 Total
2 yrs total Start date Nov 2018
URI
Elizabeth Fairchild
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17-06 Sustainable and Cost Effective Aquaculture Waste-Sludge Reutilization System in Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture and Horticulture Systems
$101,974 yr one $97,205 yr two $199,179 Total
2 yrs total Start date Nov 2018
URI
Todd Guerdat
year 2 moved to Cornell
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USDA 2017 funds 2016-38500-25754 5258240
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MG 18-12 Regional Comparison of Off-Bottom Oyster Cages as Marine Habitat in the Northeast
$19,989 Total
1 year total Start date Nov 2018
Rutgers University
Daphne Munroe
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MG 18-08 Novel Anti-Predator Coatings for Shellfish
$20,000 Total
1 year total Start date Nov 2018
Ward Aquafarms
Dan Ward
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MG 18-02 Evaluation of Natural Astaxanthin by Microalgae as a Potential Pigment Source for Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar) Feed
$19,860 Total
1 year total Start date Nov 2018
USDA-ARS-National Cold Water Marine Aquaculture Center
Gary Burr
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17-12 Inventory of barriers in the northeast that limit the aquaculture industry
$89,936 yr one $91,147 yr two
2 yr total Start date Oct 2017
UMD
Matt Parker
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17-03 Identification of the cause of hemic neoplasia in Mercenaria mercenaria and development of management methods
$81,336 yr one $93,999 yr two
2 yr total Start date Oct 2017
RWU
Roxanna Smolowitz
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USDA 2016 funds 2016-38500-25754
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16-02 Development of a phage-based diagnostic test for the rapid detection of pathogenic Vibrio species in bivalves
$90,506 yr one $100,918 yr two $191,424 Total
2 yrs total Start date Oct 2016
Cornell
Helena Marquis
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16-07 A Novel Approach to Prevent Super Chill in Atlantic Salmon
$86,541 yr one $79,173 yr two $165,714 Total
2 yrs total Start date Oct 2016
UME
Ian Bricknell
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USDA 2015 funds 2014-38500-22228
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15-17 Impact Assessment of NRAC Funding on Aquaculture in the Northeast
$80,424 yr two
2 yrs total Start date October 2015
UNH
Elizabeth Fairchild
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15-11 Safe Feedstocks for Bivalve Aquaculture
$112,960 yr one $87,040 yr two $200,000 Total
2 yrs total Start date Sept 1, 2015
URI
David Rowley
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15-06 Testing and Application of Novel Probiotic Bactreria for Use in Marine Aquaculture
$94,787 yr one $95,721 yr two $190,508 Total
2 yrs total Start date Sept 1, 2015
DSU
Dennis McIntosh
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15-02 Development of Novel, Nontoxic Solutions for Biofouling Control and Predator Exclusion in Shellfish Aquaculture
$91,268 yr one $102,314 yr two $193,582 Total
2 yrs total Start date Sept 1, 2015
UCONN
Sandra Shumway
USDA 2014 funds 2014-38500-22228
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MG 14-01 Teleost spermatozoal transcriptomes: requisite foundation for functional genomics, sperm quality and male fertility
$20,000 Total
1 year total Start date Sept 1, 2014
UMD
Curry Woods
Final Report
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14-11 White worm, Enchytraeu albidus, production and marketing for live aquaculture feed
$73,597 yr one $71,080 yr two 4144,677 Total
2 yrs total Start date 2014
UNH
Elizabeth Fairchild
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14-21 Hatchery and Nursery Technologies for Improved Production of Blue Mussel Seed
$90,875 yr one $107,202 yr two $198,077 Total
2 yrs total Start date 2014
MBL
Scott Lindell transferred to Paul Rawson