Source:  NCSU COLLEGE OF AG & LIFE SCIENCES, 12/11/20


Scientists from NC State University have developed a method for farming striped bass more efficiently and less expensively than ever before. Unlike previous methods, the new process does not rely on hormones for breeding striped bass in captivity.

NC State Department of Applied Ecology's Benjamin Reading says the method has enabled his team to produce 5 million larvae from a single spawning event with captive striped bass.

“That yield is the equivalent of what used to take the time and resources of an entire season’s effort for our team,” says Reading, who also serves as program coordinator for StriperHub, a National Sea Grant initiative to advance the commercialization of marine striped bass. “It’s a revolutionary change, and it suggests high potential for scaling up to commercial levels.”

“Nine out of ten seafood products that Americans consume are imported,” says Reading. “But there’s a significant untapped demand for marine striped bass — and this project can help to satisfy those consumers.”Researchers at North Carolina Sea Grant and NC State University are collaborating with experts along the Atlantic Seaboard on StriperHub, and Reading says a growing striped bass industry will help address a $16 billion seafood industry trade deficit.

For more of this story, click here.