Regional Aquaculture Centers: Extension Programs

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Regional Aquaculture Centers Extension Programs
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Regional Aquaculture Centers
North Central
Northeastern
Western
Tropical Subtropical
Southern
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Mission of the RACs

• To support aquaculture research, development,
  demonstration, and extension education to enhance
  viable and profitable U.S. aquaculture which will
  benefit consumers, producers, service industries,
  and the American economy.

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Development of the Centers

• 1987-88 Centers organized and began operation
• Reauthorization of the RAC Program
• 1990, 1996, and 2002 Farm Bills

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U.S. Foreign Trade in Fishery Products
Sources USDC/NOAA/NMFS Current Fisheries
Statistics No. 2001, September 2002
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Regional Center Appropriations

• Authorized at 7.5 million
• Initial funding at 3.75 million
• Increased to 4 million in 1992
• Budget recision in 2001 of 0.22 (3,991,200)
• Budget of 3.996 million for FY2002 and 4.5
  million for FY2003

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Key Features of the Centers

• Projects responsive to industry needs and
  designed to impact commercial development
• Programs organized to take advantage of the best
  aquaculture science, education skills, and
  facilities to achieve region-wide cooperation
• Projects are peer-reviewed for technical and
  industrial merit

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RAC Organizational Structure
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER
INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
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North Central Regional Aquaculture Center (NCRAC)
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NCRAC Aquaculture

• Eat almost 1 billion pounds/year but produce lt2
• Great diversity of species being cultured
• Over 1,000 producers but just a few per state
  accounting for most of the production
• Food fish, baitfish, fish for stocking
  recreational and ornamental water bodies
  including fee-fishing operations as well as
  aquatic plants grown for food, wetland
  mitigation, and water gardening

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NCRAC Projects
Extension
Econ/Marketing
Yellow Perch
Hybrid Bass
Walleye
Sunfish
Salmonids
Crayfish
Baitfish
Wastes/Effluents
Tilapia
INAD/NADA Coordinator
Aquaculture Drugs
White Papers
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
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NCRAC Projects
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521,552
Extension
7.9
Econ/Marketing
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302,904
4.6
Yellow Perch
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1,433,866
21.7
Hybrid Bass
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976,960
14.8
Walleye
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927,627
14.1
Sunfish
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853,788
12.9
Salmonids
4
637,742
9.7
1
49,677
Crayfish
0.8
Baitfish
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61,973
0.9
3
448,300
Wastes/Effluents
6.8
2
268,791
Tilapia
4.1
INAD/NADA Coordinator
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55,241
0.8
Aquaculture Drugs
3
36,365
0.6
2
22,495
White Papers
0.3
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NCRAC-Extension

• Limited number of extension specialists
• Increase number of extension contacts
• Networking between all NCRAC communities
• Non-tradition approaches
• Researchers
• Natural resource agencies
• Dept. of Agriculture contacts
• Other fish farmers
• FFA programs

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Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture
(CTSA)
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The CTSA Region
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Hawaii
Republic ofthe MarshallIslands
Guam
Federated Statesof Micronesia
Republicof Belau
AmericanSamoa
CTSA
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CTSA Aquaculture

• Finfish
• Ornamentals
• Marine sponges
• Clams
• Oysters

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CTSA-Extension

• PRAISE - Pacific Regional Aquaculture Information
  Service for Education Service program serving the
  U.S. affiliated Pacific
• Web site (http//lama.kcc.hawaii.edu/praise)
  accessed 5,700 times per month
• 24-hour turn-around time

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Southern Regional Aquaculture Center (SRAC)
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SRAC Aquaculture

• Major species channel catfish
• Other species ornamentals, baitfish, hybrid
  striped bass
• Alligators
• Crawfish

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SRAC Expenditures - Subject
Extension 18
Genetics 1
Marketing and Economics 4
Health 3
Product Quality 18
Nutrition and Feeding 34
Production, Water Quality, and Environment 25
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SRAC Extension

• Publications, Videos, and Computer Software
• A continuing project funded at 70 K annually
• 170 SRAC fact sheets (on web and CD)
• 19 videos
• 200 scientific papers
• 200 scientific presentations
• 40 masters or doctoral theses

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Northeastern Regional Aquaculture Center (NRAC)
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NRAC Aquaculture

• Characterized by diversity of products
• Numerous finfish
• Salmon and oysters
• Aquatic plants crustaceans

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NRAC Expenditures Subject
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NRAC - Extension

• Training
• Extension agents
• Leadership of both agents and industry contacts
• Publications
• Demonstration projects
• Workshops
• Fish health
• Business management
• Effluents/nutrition/financing/legal issues
• Marketing

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Western Regional Aquaculture Center (WRAC)
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WRAC Aquaculture

• Diverse
• Cold and warm water species
• Marine and fresh water species
• Finfish, invertebrates, plants
• Most significant production oysters and trout

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WRAC Project Funding Timeline
IHNV Control 260,400 over 3 yrs. Sturgeon
Broodstock 395,000 over 4 yrs. Pacific
Oyster Cross-Breeding 393,300 over 4
yrs. Solids Removal 329,153 over 4
yrs. High Performance Feeds 279,044 over 4
yrs. Disease Interactions 128,975 over 3
yrs. Molluscan Shellfish Ecology 400,000
over 4 yrs. Phosphorous Discharge 202,033
up to 2-4 yrs. Sturgeon Broodstock 100,000
up to 1-2 yrs. Pacific Oyster Cross-Breeding
100,000 up to 1-4 yrs. Recirculation
Aquaculture 59,645 up to 1-4 yrs. Sturgeon
Caviar 57,000 up to 1-4 yrs.
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WRAC Project Expenditures by Subject (1987-2002)
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WRAC-Extension

• Integration of extension and research projects
• Outreach programs made by both extension and
  researchers
• rapid response funds
• Workshops participants are from both industry and
  regulatory agencies

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AquaNIC(http//aquanic.org)

• 8,000 files (publications, photographs, slide
  sets, videos, directories, etc.)
• Links to over 1,000 aquaculture Web sites
• 600 links from other Web sites
• 5,000 hits per month by people from over 80
  countries

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Other Contributions

• Scientific contributions
• Graduate education
• Internet presence
• NRAC - http//www.old.umassd.edu/specialprograms/n
  rac/welcome.html
• NCRAC - http//ag.ansc.purdue.edu/aquanic/ncrac/
• SRAC - http//www.msstate.edu/dept/srac/
• WRAC - http//www.fish.washington.edu/wrac/
• CTSA - http//library.kcc.hawaii.edu/external/ctsa
  /
• Bang for the buck
• Ingrained