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DAVIS, MEGAN - HBOI |
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Pfeiffer, Tim |
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WILCOX, JEFFREY - FSU |
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BUZYNA, GEORGE - FSU |
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MARCUS, NANCY - FSU |
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Submitted to: Fish Farming News
Publication Type: Trade Journal Publication Acceptance Date: 6/10/2003 Publication Date: 7/1/2003 Citation: Davis, M., Pfeiffer, T.J., Wilcox, J., Buzyna, G., Marcus, N. 2003. Designing sustainable aquaculture systems. Fish Farming News. July/August. p. 35-36. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Scientists from Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI), USDA Agricultural Research Service, and Florida State University (FSU) are leading a research effort to develop sustainable production systems for the commercial aquaculture of marine finfish. Research scientists and engineers are evaluating solar technology for maintaining optimal year round production temperatures in a recirculating system, developing water and energy budgets for large-scale tank systems, evaluating economic viability of water treatment, oxygenation, and control technologies in a recirculating aquaculture tank system, and initiating efforts for treating saltwater effluent from the tank systems. At the FSU Marine Laboratory in Sopchoppy, FL, two replicated 8,500 liter recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) are being utilized for the solar technology evaluation studies. Two different, 4-tank RAS designs, each replicated four times, with a total system volume of 42, 000 liters is under construction at the HBOI Aquaculture Park for the system technology, budget, economic viability, and waste management studies. |
