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Sean Nepper
FInfish Producer, Intermountain States - IAC Chair
Institution / Organization:Riverence FarmsEmail:[email protected]
Hedgecock, Improving Pacific oyster broodstocks
WRAC investigator Dennis Hedgecock (left) deploying a group of hybrid oysters for yieldevaluation with Chris Pratt of Taylor Resources, Inc. 2003; Photo: Jonathan Davis
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2001Funding level:$395,400 Location:California - CA, Oregon - OR, non-WRAC statesTopics:Broodstock, Genetics, HatcherySpecies:Oysters, Pacific oysters
Efficient, rapid assay for predicting the growth rate of aquaculture species based on metabolic rate of the fertilized egg
Renquist - Rapid Assay for Prediction Growth Rate of Aquaculture Species - trout -2013; Photo: Benjamin Renquist
Duration:2 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2012Funding level:$120,000Location:Arizona – AZ, Idaho - ID, Oregon - ORTopics:Culture/egg quality, Hatchery, Metabolic rate, Rapid assaySpecies:Oysters, Tilapia
Hedgecock, Crossbreeding Pacific oysters for high yield
WRAC investigator Dennis Hedgcock (left) deploying a group of hybrid oysters for yield evaluation with Chris Pratt of Taylor Resources, Ind.
Duration:2 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2001Funding level:$214,008Location:California - CA, Oregon - OR, Washington - WATopics:Culture, Genetics, HatcherySpecies:Oysters, Pacific oysters
Bowker An evaluation of the effectiveness of various florfenicol treatment regimens to control mortality caused by Streptococcus iniaei in cultured hybrid striped bass
Jim Bowker, USFWS and the Aquatic Animal Drug Partnership Program in Bozeman, MT
Duration:3 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2005Funding level:$94,711Location:California - CA, Montana - MT, Washington - WATopics:Florfenicol treatmentSpecies:Hybrid striped bass
Adapting aquaculture to changing water chemistry in the Pacific Northwest
Adapting aquaculture to changing water chemistry in the Pacific Northwest; Photo: Courtesy of George Waldbusser
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2012Funding level:$318,627Location:Oregon - OR, Washington - WATopics:Hatchery, Water quality - fresh and marineSpecies:Oysters
The economic impact of regulations on shellfish and trout aquaculture growth in the western United States
Engle - Economic impact of regulations 2016; Illustration: Scite® – Science Crunchers
Duration:3 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2015Funding level:$220,998Location:California - CA, Colorado - CO, Idaho - ID, non-WRAC states, Oregon - OR, Utah - UT, Washington - WATopics:Economics, RegulationsSpecies:Shellfish, Trout
If you feed them, will they grow? A dietary approach to improving the growth of juvenile cutthroat trout
Myrick - Dietary approach for Juvenile Cuttthroat trout - 2013; Photo: Courtesy of
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2012Funding level:$357,91Location:Colorado - CO, Idaho - ID, Montana - MTTopics:Diet and Nutrition, Fish feed/protein/alternative protein, Grow outSpecies:Cutthroat trout, Trout
Triploids, tetraploids, and successful metamorphosis in Purple hinge rock scallop (Crassadoma gigantean)
Davis - Triples, Tetraploids - Purple Hinge Rock Scallop 2016; Photo: Josh Davis
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2012Funding level:$357,269Location:California - CA, Washington - WATopics:Culture, Grow out, Hatchery, Ploidy/polyploidySpecies:Rock Scallop
Dong, Development of economical, high-performance, low-polluting feeds and feeding strategies
Fish feeds; clockwise from top right: Iiver meal, soybean meal, grill meal, de-boned whitefish meal, squid meal, meat gluten meal; Center: corn gluten meal; Photo: Cathy Schwartz
Duration:3 yearsFunded Date:9/1/1997Funding level:$216,000Location:California - CA, Idaho - ID, non-WRAC states, Washington - WATopics:Culture, Diet and Nutrition, Fish feed/protein/alternative protein, Water quality - fresh and marineSpecies:Trout
Ostland, Immunological mechanisms of intensively-reared warmwater and coolwater finfish
Rainbow trout raised in aquaculture farm.
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:10/1/2003Funding level:$400,00Location:California - CA, Idaho - ID, Washington - WATopics:Immunology, Vaccination development, Vaccine deliverySpecies:Hybrid striped bass, Rainbow trout
Ruesink, 2010, Scale-dependent and indirect effects of filter feeders on eelgrass: Understanding complex ecological interactions to improve environmental impacts of aquaculture
Ruesink - Analysis of Eelgrass - 2012; Photo: Charles "Si" SImenstad
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2003Funding level:$435,405Location:Oregon - OR, Washington - WATopics:Water quality - fresh and marineSpecies:Eelgrass, Geoduck, Pacific oysters, Shellfish
Environmental and endogenous factors affecting egg quality and caviar yield in farmed sturgeon
Doroshov - Egg quality an caviar yield in farmed sturgeon -2013 - Photo: Fred Conte
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2010Funding level:$480,000Location:California - CA, Idaho - ID, Montana - MT, Washington - WATopics:Broodstock, Diet and Nutrition, Economics, Grow outSpecies:Sturgeon
Winton, Control of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in commercially reared salmonid fishes
Hatchling trout
Duration:2 yearsFunded Date:9/1/1997Funding level:$127,400Location:Alaska – AK, California - CA, Idaho - ID, Oregon - OR, Washington - WATopics:Cold water disease, IHNV - Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus, ImmunologySpecies:Rainbow trout
Optimizing the larval nutrition of marine finfish aquaculture species along the West Coast
Optimizing larval nutrition of marine finfish aquaculture 2010- Drawbridge
Duration:3 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2010Funding level:$200,544Location:California - CA, Idaho - ID, Oregon - ORTopics:Diet and Nutrition, HatcherySpecies:Yellowtail
Development of oral vaccine delivery methods for prevention of disease in finfish culture
This project intends to harness the potential of novel complex particles to aid in oral vaccination.
Duration:4 years (2019-2022)Funded Date:8/1/2018Funding level:$479,900Location:Idaho - ID, Oregon - OR, Washington - WATopics:Vaccine deliverySpecies:Sablefish, Trout
Moffitt, Disease interactions between wild and cultured salmonids
This project endeavors to collate and examine data regarding the presence of pathogens amongst both free ranging and cultured salmonids [...]
Duration:2 yearsFunded Date:9/1/1998Funding level:$96,876Location:Arizona – AZ, California - CA, Colorado - CO, Idaho - ID, Montana - MT, Nevada - NV, Oregon - OR, Utah - UT, Washington - WA, Wyoming – WYSpecies:Salmon
Determining ripeness in white sturgeon females to maximize yield and quality of caviar
Analyzing blood chemistry parameters in white sturgeon plasma to assess the use of specific analytes as indicators of stage of maturity. Photo: Molly Webb
Duration:4 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2007Funding level:$400,003Location:California - CA, Idaho - ID, Montana - MT, Washington - WATopics:Culture/egg qualitySpecies:Sturgeon
John Seals
Institution / Organization:USFWS Mora National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center
Cost-effective, alternative protein diets for rainbow trout that support optimal growth, health, and product quality
The continuous advancement of sustainable farming practices remains at the forefront for aquaculture producers, particularly in relation to minimizing environmental [...]
Duration:3 yearsFunded Date:9/1/2008Funding level:$359,728Location:California - CA, Colorado - CO, Idaho - IDTopics:Diet and Nutrition, Economics, Fish feed/protein/alternative protein, Grow outSpecies:Trout