(salmon). University of Washington (salmon, bivalve molluscs, and 

 seaweeds) , Oregon State University (salmon and oysters) , University 

 of California (abalone, shrimp, lobster, and seaweeds), Texas A&M 

 University (shrimp) , South Carolina Marine Science Consortium 

 ( Macrobrachium) , North Carolina (f inf ish) , Virginia Graduate Marine 

 Science Consortium (oysters) , University of Delaware (oysters) , 

 State University of New York (f inf ish and bivalve molluscs) , Woods 

 Hole Oceanographic Institution (bivalve molluscs) , University of 

 New Hampshire (seaweeds), and University of Wisconsin (finf ish) . 

 In addition, OSG expends major funding for aquaculture education, 

 training, advisory/extension services, and planning activities. 



Agency for International Development 



AID serves as the principal foreign assistance arm of the U.S. 

 Government. Technical assistance with agriculture and food 

 production includes fishery development. The Fisheries staff of 

 aid's Science and Technology Bureau handles development of both 

 commercial fisheries and aquaculture activities. 



aid's objectives are to increase food production, employment, 

 income, and nutrition of the rural poor; and to promote resource 

 management and environmental protection in developing countries. 

 aid's aquaculture activities involve small-scale enterprises 

 raising low-priced species and species for local consumption. 

 Emphasis is placed on relatively simple production units that can 

 be operated by small landholders with limited resources. 



The regional bureaus of AID support a variety of aquaculture 

 development projects. Most of these involve pond culture of 

 freshwater fishes, such as carp and tilapia, in areas where human 

 protein supplies are inadequate. The Agency's usual inputs include 

 technical assistance, education and training, capital for public 

 facilities such as hatcheries, and specialized equipment. 



The Fisheries staff provides technical assistance to the regional 

 bureaus. It also manages a few centrally funded aquaculture 

 projects, including ongoing support for the International Center 

 for Aquaculture at Auburn University and a collaborative research 

 support program in aquaculture pond dynamics. Present funding for 

 centrally funded aquaculture development projects is about $900,000 

 per year. 



Corps of Engineers 



The Corps' involvement in aquaculture includes meeting its 

 regulatory responsibilities, which are to protect the navigability 

 and quality of the Nation's waters. With passage during the last 

 10 years of considerable environmental legislation and the 

 rendering of many associated judicial decisions, this task has 

 grown in both size and complexity. 



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