Alabama DCNR - Marine Resources Division Claude Peteet Mariculture - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Alabama DCNR - Marine Resources Division Claude Peteet Mariculture Center Gulf Shores, AL Colonel Scott Bannon Division Director AL DCNR/Marine Resources Division

Where are we? 4,342 miles as the crow flies

Hatchery Facility • Intensive Culture – 23,000 square foot wet lab – Broodstock conditioning – Incubation – Larval/Fry rearing • Flatfish specific systems – Live food culture • Rotifers and artemia – Analytical laboratory – Cold storage facilities • Extensive Culture – 35, 0.2 acre ponds – HDPE lined AL DCNR/Marine Resources Division

Broodstock Conditioning Incubation / Larviculture A Incubation / Larviculture B Larviculture C (Flatfish)

Temporary Holding / Quarantine Live Food Culture Analytical Lab Cold Storage

Water Sources Full Strength Sea Water Brackish Water • Pumping Station on the • Pumping Station at Gulf State Park Intracoastal Water Way (ICW) • Two, 60-hp Grinder Pumps at the MRD boat basin • Moves water approximately 3 miles to • One, 15-hp grinder pump facility • Salinity 3-20 ppt • Salinity 26-34 ppt • Manually operated • Remote Operated AL DCNR/Marine Resources Division

Historical • (1973) Original facility constructed – 35 0.5 ac ponds, wet lab building – Low salinity ground water • (1986) HDPE pond liners installed • Spotted seatrout ( Cynoscion nebulosus ) • (1995) Pump installed in adjacent Intracoastal Waterway for greater • Red drum ( Sciaenops ocellatus) quantities of consistent brackish • Eastern oysters ( Crassostrea virginica ) water • Red snapper ( Lutjanus campechanus ) • (1999) Greenhouse construction with • Striped bass ( Morone saxatilis) Recirculating Aquaculture Systems • Gulf killifish ( Fundulus grandis ) • (2004) Gulf of Mexico pump and pipe line construction (2.4 mile distance). Hurricane Ivan destroyed the pump and intake in 2004. Rebuilt in 2009. • (2013) New hatchery/wet lab construction • (2020) Oyster Hatchery AL DCNR/Marine Resources Division

Current Species Cultured Spotted Seatrout ( Cynoscion nebulosus ) Florida Pompano ( Trachinotus carolinus) Eastern Oyster ( Crassostrea Virginica) Southern Flounder ( Paralichthys lethostigma) AL DCNR/Marine Resources Division

Partnerships and Funding • Funding: – Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources • Marine Resources Division – Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration Program (WSFR) – National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) – Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) • Partnerships: – CCA Alabama – Auburn University • School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences

QUESTIONS? AL DCNR/Marine Resources Division