JACKKNIFE FISH WHY YOU NEED THEM!On June 16, 2015, Proaquatix officially released the news that they’ve successfully spawned and reared the Jackknife Fish, Equetus lanceolatus (see the press release and additional images at…
YELLOW TANG | Zebrasoma flavescens Oceanic Institute Achieves Breakthroughs In Culture Technology For Yellow TangThe culture of yellow tang represents a considerable economic opportunity and critical conservation strategy in coral reef ecosystem…
Rising Tide has caught up to the times and, thanks to Huntley, finally has a facebook page. We're only a week old so there's not a lot on there, but…
As mentioned in our previous post, six adult melanurus wrasses (3 male, 3 female) were moved to the Tropical Aquaculture Lab back in February. After settling into their new environment…
A student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, I’m currently working through a Masters program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation. I graduated from Boston College in 2008 with a Bachelor of…
Figure 1. Angelfish (2-3 years old) on display at Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Photo credit: Ramon Villaverde.One of our first Rising Tide successes was harvesting eggs from Columbus Zoo and…
Figure 1. Halichoeres melanurus egg on a 1 mm Sedgewick Rafter cell. Here at the Tropical Aquaculture Lab we’re very fortunate to have the opportunity to work in a field…
Figure 1. Captive bred Porkfish juvenile available from FishEye Aquaculture.Three years ago we posted a blog stating the commercial production potential of Porkfish,Anisotremis virginicus (Porkfish Protocol – Rising Tide’s First Commercial…
Graduate Student Carter Cyr.I would like to introduce my two new M.S. students who will be working with Rising Tide. The first is Isaac Lee who started his first semester…
Figure 1. 25 day post hatch Purple Masked Angelfish larva.Over the past year while working on our Rising Tide project, the larval rearing work has focused on the Purple Masked…