From hatchery to habitat: How conservation aquaculture benefits the bay

2024 eeBLUE mini-grant awardee - St. Petersburg, Florida

Project summary

A partnership between Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center, Mote Marine & Freshwater Aquaculture Research Program, and NOAA’s Southeast Regional Aquaculture Coordinator is leveraging the expertise of informal educators, the aquaculture industry, and NOAA to showcase locally relevant examples of conservation aquaculture. This collaboration will result in an exhibit at Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center in Florida, introducing broader aquaculture topics to their visitors such as sustainable seafood production. The exhibit aims to advance domestic aquaculture objectives by enhancing public aquaculture literacy through informal learning.

A young girl points excitedly to a aquarium tank with a large rock structure inside. An adult in the background shares the child's enthusiasm.
Aquarium visitors explore a tank of fish in a mangrove ecosystem at the Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center. (Image credit: Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center)
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Additional information

Lead institution: Tampa Bay Watch Discovery Center
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