Marine Stock Enhancement, a Valuable Extension of Expanded U.S. Marine Aquaculture

摘要

Clearly, releasing aquaculture produced stock to enhance wild populations of fish and shellfish and restore distressed ecosystems or habitats could be a valuable tool to incorporate into existing fishery and habitat management approaches. Moreover, the United States has a growing cadre of capable researchers and research institutions that are developing mass rearing hatchery technologies for species of economic and ecological impor-rntance. A few state stocking programs using the responsible approach are demonstrating the positive influences of wild stock enhancement today.