Topic Presentation: Trends in Breeding Marine Aquarium Fishes: Where We Are Today and Where We Need to Be Tomorrow

Speaker room - Saturday, September 10 3:00 PM

Note: This topic is subject to change pending the results of a new study.

Marine ornamental aquaculture has become an established industry over the last three decades, although the technology used to rear these fishes remains largely unchanged. The transfer of pioneering protocols, established for the culture of anemonefish in the 1970’s, has proven prolific in developing commercial culture technologies for nearly 80 species of marine aquarium fishes. With few exceptions, all species of marine aquarium fishes currently propagated for the trade are demersal spawners with relatively large eggs and first feeding larvae. Comparatively, few pelagic spawners have been reared on a commercial scale. In order to expand current aquaculture technologies to include species traditionally defined as ‘difficult’ it is important to develop species-specific protocols rather than finding species that fit into existing protocols. Over 1,300 species of marine fishes are traded in the industry. The sustainability of collection of many of these species has been questioned making aquaculture a viable and necessary means toward industry wide responsibility.

Presented By:

Matt Wittenrich

2010 MASNA Award Winner

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