Positions

Overview

  • B.S., Zoology (Oregon State University), M.S., Ph.D., Zoology (University of Hawaii), Research Professor of Biology and Marine Biology, Aquaculture Program Coordinator (UNCW-CMS), Mariculture Program Leader, MARBIONC. Internationally recognized expert in aquaculture research, education and commercial development.

    • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

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    2015-05-01 Production Economic Analysis of Black Sea Bass Juveniles to Support Finfish Mariculture Growout Industry Development in the Southeastern U.S..  Aquaculture Economics and Management.  19:226-250. 2015-05-01
    2011-01-01 Effects of dietary arachidonic acid on larval performance, fatty acid profiles, stress resistance, and expression of Na+/K+ ATPase mRNA in black sea bass Centropristis striata.  Aquaculture.  319:11-121. 2011-01-01
    2011-01-01 Gorwth patterns and nuclear distribution in white muscle fibers from black sea bass, Centropristis striata: evidence for the influence of diffusion..  Journal of Experimental Biology.  214:1230-1239. 2011-01-01
    2010-01-01 Effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) and arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) on the growth, survival, stress resistance and fatty acid composition in black sea bass Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758) larvae..  Aquaculture Research.  41:1302-1314. 2010-01-01
    2010-01-01 Scaling with body mass of mitochondrial respiration from teh white muscle of three phylogenetically, morphologically and behaviorally disparate teleost fishes.  Journal of Comparative Physiology B.  DOI: 10.1007/s00360-010-0474-x. 2010-01-01
    2009-08-01 Effect of Different Dietary Protein and Lipid Levels on Growth Performance and Body Composition of Juvenile Southern Flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) Reared in Recirculating Aquaculture System.  Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.  40:656-663. 2009-08-01
    2009-02-01 Effects of dietary protein and lipid levels on growth.  Aquaculture Research.  40:442-449. 2009-02-01
    2009-01-01 Atlantic red porgy: Candidate species for US Aquaculture..  Global Aquaculture Advocate.  January 2009:44-46. 2009-01-01
    2008-10-01 Dietary Protein Requirements of Juvenile Black Sea Bass,.  Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, Wiley-Blackwell.  39:Page 656 to 663. 2008-10-01
    2008-01-01 Aquaculture of the Atlantic Red Porgy.  North American Journal of Aquaculture/American Fisheries Soceity.  70:184-191. 2008-01-01
    2008-01-01 Intensive rotifer production in a pilot-scale continuous culture recirculating system using condensed microalgae..  Journal of the World Aquaculture Society.  39:629-635. 2008-01-01
    2005-01-01 Economic Evaluation of a Small-Scale Recirculating System for Ongrowing of Captive Wild Black Sea Bass Centropristis striata in North Carolina..  J. World Aquaculture Society.  36:489-497. 2005-01-01
    Replacement of Menhaden Fish Meal Protein by Solvent Extracted Soybean Meal and Soy Protein Concentrate Supplemented with L-Methionine and L-Lysine in the Diet of Juvenile Red Porgy Pagrus Pagrus.  Austin Journal of Aquaculture and Marine Biology.  1:1-9.

    Book

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    2010-06-01 Daniels, H.V. and W.O. Watanabe (Editors). 2010. Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Ames, Iowa. 366 pp..  Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. 2010-06-01

    Chapter

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    2010-07-01 Culture of southern flounder.  Willey-Blackwell. 2010-07-01
    2010-06-01 Chapter 18, Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement: Summary and Conclusions, pp. 323-354, In Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement, H.V. Daniels and W.O. Watanabe, Editors. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Ames, Iowa. 366 pp..  Wiley-Blackwell Publishers. 323-354. 2010-06-01
    2010-01-01 Chapter 17: Tilapia (Family Cichlidae), In Finfish Aquaculture Diversification.  CABI. 374-389. 2010-01-01
    2007-01-01 Southern Flounder Growout Economics.  Southern Flounder Production in Recirculating Aquaculture Systems: Biology, Engineering and Economics. North Carolina State University.. 2007-01-01
    The Effects of Dietary Arachidonic Acid (20:4n-6) on Growth, Survival and Hypersaline Stress Resistance in Larval Southern Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma (Jordan and Gilbert 1883).  Nova Science Publishers Inc.. 1-27.

    Presentations

    Research Overview

  • General mariculture: experimental breeding, larval culture and intensive growout of new candidate species, recirculating aquaculture systems design and operation, effluent management and nutrient recycling through integrated finfish-shellfish-macroalgae-halophyte polyculture, economics and marketing of aquaculture production, and transfer of technology to commercial users through pilot-scale demonstration.

    • Principal Investigator On

  • Controlled Breeding, Larviculture and Intensive Growout of High Value Marine Fish Species for U.S. Agriculture 2010-08-01 - 2011-08-01
  • Controlled breeding, larviculture and growout of high-value marine fish species for US Agriculture. 2009-08-01 - 2011-08-01
  • Pilot commercial scale testing of promising diets for intensive cultivation of southern flounder and black sea bass in NC using an alternative protein source. 2010-06-01 - 2011-05-01
  • Species profile: Black Sea Bass - 2010-10-01
  • Establishing a pilot hatchery for production of juveniles to support the finfish mariculture industry in North Carolina 2009-07-01 - 2010-06-01
  • Enhancing commercial aquaculture of southern flounder in North Carolina: requisite tools for broodstock husbandry and expanded all-female fingerling production 2008-05-01 - 2010-04-01
  • Controlled Breeding, Larviculture, Intensive Growout and Marketing of High-value Marine Finfish Species for US Agriculture. 2008-08-01 - 2009-07-01
  • Commercialization of Black Sea Bass Aquaculture: Nursery, Growout and Marketing 2006-09-01 - 2008-08-01
  • Commercialization of Black Sea Bass Aquaculture: Nursery, Growout and Marketing 2006-09-01 - 2008-08-01
  • Commercialization of Black Sea Bass Aquaculture: Nursery, Growout and Marketing 2006-09-01 - 2008-08-01
  • Controlled Breeding, Larviculture, Intensive Growout and Marketing of High-value Marine Finfish Species for US Agriculture. 2006-08-01 - 2008-07-01
  • Practical diet development for intensive cultivation of red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) in the Southeastern US using alternative protein sources. 2009-08-01 -

    • Co-principal Investigator On

    Investigator On

    Teaching Overview

  • General mariculture, finfish mariculture, including controlled reproduction, larviculture, juvenile growout to marketable stages, effluent management, economics and marketing and technology transfer to the commercial end user.

    • Full Name

  • Wade O Watanabe