Sustainable Aquaculture
PI: Maria Haws
The Hilo Bay Research and Training Farm, a mariculture partnership based at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, works to develop shellfish farming with a host of local organizations. This research focuses on testing the feasibility of using bivalves and Hawaiian limu to improve water quality, mitigate ocean acidification impacts, and encourage local economic development.
The Hilo Bay Research and Training Farm, a mariculture partnership based at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, works to develop shellfish farming with a host of local organizations. This research focuses on testing the feasibility of using bivalves and Hawaiian limu to improve water quality, mitigate ocean acidification impacts, and encourage local economic development.
PI: Brian Bowen
Most marine fish in the aquarium trade are taken from the wild, harming reefs and depleting wild fish stocks. This study uses DNA to resolve what popular marine fish larvae eat, to improve the chances of successfully raising these fish in captivity, creating a new dimension for the aquaculture industry.
Most marine fish in the aquarium trade are taken from the wild, harming reefs and depleting wild fish stocks. This study uses DNA to resolve what popular marine fish larvae eat, to improve the chances of successfully raising these fish in captivity, creating a new dimension for the aquaculture industry.
PI: Andre Seale
One challenge for successful Hawaiian fishpond restoration is the incomplete understanding of the changes to pond ecosystems in response to environmental changes and management strategies. This project explores the optimal conditions for raising two Hawaiian sea cucumbers, unique candidates for improving fishpond ecosystems via enhanced nutrient cycling.
One challenge for successful Hawaiian fishpond restoration is the incomplete understanding of the changes to pond ecosystems in response to environmental changes and management strategies. This project explores the optimal conditions for raising two Hawaiian sea cucumbers, unique candidates for improving fishpond ecosystems via enhanced nutrient cycling.
PI: Craig Nelson
Aquaculture efforts to raise edible Hawaiian limu (seaweed) require reliable and sustainable nutrient sources that have no negative impacts on their microbiota. This project seeks to advance limu propagation in Hawaiʻi by evaluating the potential of nutrient-rich groundwater and fish-aquaculture effluent as new nutrient sources for limu aquaculture.
Aquaculture efforts to raise edible Hawaiian limu (seaweed) require reliable and sustainable nutrient sources that have no negative impacts on their microbiota. This project seeks to advance limu propagation in Hawaiʻi by evaluating the potential of nutrient-rich groundwater and fish-aquaculture effluent as new nutrient sources for limu aquaculture.