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Aquaculture research programs in the NCSU Department of Biology range from applied studies on methods for rearing fish to fundamental research on mechanisms controlling reproduction and growth. Some faculty also engage in outreach efforts that serve the aquaculture industry, primarily in North Carolina. Species that are currently the focus of active research include hybrid striped bass, tilapia, yellow perch, southern flounder, blue crabs, and rainbow trout. In addition to laboratories on campus, our aquaculture research programs utilize several off-campus research facilities.
Aquaculture Research in the NCSU Department of Biology
Aquaculture research programs in the NCSU Department of Biology range from applied studies on methods for rearing fish to fundamental research on mechanisms controlling reproduction and growth. Some faculty also engage in outreach efforts that serve the aquaculture industry, primarily in North Carolina. Species that are currently the focus of active research include hybrid striped bass, tilapia, yellow perch, southern flounder, blue crabs, and rainbow trout. In addition to laboratories on campus, our aquaculture research programs utilize several off-campus research facilities. |
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| Dr. Russell Borski (home page) Research interests include the mechanisms governing hormone synthesis and secretion with an emphasis on the roles of calcium, cAMP, and G-proteins in modulating pituitary (growth hormone and prolactin) cell activity. Application to aquaculture of basic research in the endocrinology of growth and osmoregulation. |
| Dr. Harry Daniels (home page) Research interests include aquaculture pond water quality, larviculture of freshwater and marine finfish, feeding strategies, and sexually dimorphic growth. Extension specialist for the warmwater aquaculture industries of eastern North Carolina. |
| Dr. John Godwin (home page) Research interests include work (in collaboration with the Borski and Daniels labs) related to developing the southern flounder as an aquaculture cultivar, with a focus on sex determination and developing stocks consisting of only the faster-growing females. |
| Dr. Jeffrey Hinshaw (e-mail) Research interests include the biology and cultivation of coldwater and coolwater fishes, the environmental impacts of fish culture, the health maintenance of salmonids, and alternative and sustainable fish production systems. Extension specialist for coldwater and coolwater aquaculture and fisheries. Based at the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center in Mills River, NC. |
| Dr. Craig Sullivan (home page) Research interests include fish reproductive genetics, physiology, and endocrinology with an emphasis on regulation of gametogenesis and application of research findings to aquaculture, selective breeding, fisheries management, biomedicine, and toxicology. |
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