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**Species Group: New Species and Consumer Products**

**Problem: Lack of new species for economic culture**

**Problem Statement:**

-   U.S. aquaculture producers are limited by the lack of available
    alternative species for primary or secondary production.

**Research Statement:**

-   Evaluate endemic species for utility in U.S. aquaculture

-   Evaluate potential for polyculture to mitigate water quality and
    generate additional marketable products

-   Develop tools for rapid evaluation of potential new species

-   Develop production guidelines for commercialization

-   Evaluate the potential for developing non-traditional products such
    as nutriceuticals, pharmaceuticals, biofuels

**Extension/Tech transfer Statement:**

-   Use demonstration projects for establish species in new locations or
    regions.

**Desired Outcomes (with measurable outcomes):**

-   Commercialization of new species and non-traditional products along
    with a cost-benefit analysis

-   Improved profitability brought about by polyculture

**Problem: Lack of value-added products limits U.S. aquaculture
profitability**

**Research Statement:**

-   Identify attributes in new species or products for which the
    buyer/consumer will pay a premium.

-   Produce new products

**Desired Outcomes (with measurable outcomes):**

-   List of attributes and their perceived value along with a
    cost/benefit analysis

-   New products developed from aquaculture systems

**Possible Approaches:**

-   Attribute valuation and ranking

-   Determine consumer\'s willingness to pay

-   Develop Interagency collaborations (e.g., NIH, DOE, NOAA) to
    demonstrate efficacy/feasibility of producing new products through
    aquaculture

**Additional Notes:**

**New Species and Consumer Products**

Molluscs, Crustaceans, Invertebrates, Finfish, Freshwater, Marine

Examine current species infrastructure systems, identify opportunities
to develop value added products, regional products

New alternative species needed for culture, products, high-value
products, profitable and of interest to computers (Darden list)

Focus on encouraging endemic species

Development of niche markets

**Evaluate endemic species**

**Polyculture species for mitigation of water quality and additional
marketable products**

**Development of rapid species evaluation tools**

**Development of production guidelines for commercialization**

**Polyculture systems to improve water quality and produce marketable
product**

-   Species of mussels or plants that could be raised in finfish
    discharge (phosphorus removal) for water quality mitigation and
    marketable product.

-   Phytoplankton feeder to turn into fishmeal

-   Algae harvest for biofuel

-   New species can be utilized in existing aquaculture infrastructure

-   Develop markets and value-added products

**Develop tools for rapid evaluation of aquaculture potential and impact
of new species (vertebrate and invertebrate animals, plants)**

-   Species identification

-   Evaluate endemic/regional/national/international origin of species

-   Potential as invasive species

-   Domestication

-   Evaluation

-   Husbandry techniques

-   Reproductive strategies

-   *In silico* design of optimal species then look around world for a
    matching species

**Develop production guidelines for commercialization of new species**

-   Husbandry techniques

-   Reproductive strategies

-   Marketing

Output: Identify attributes of new species with cost-benefit analysis to
producer

**Develop value-added and novel products**

-   Aquatic plants for aquarium industry

-   Buy locally, shorten the supply chain

-   Novel utilization of by-products

-   Perform marketing research to identify attributes desirable to
    customer

    -   Taste

    -   Color

    -   Contaminant-free

    -   Omega-3 fatty acids

    -   Organic

-   Nutraceuticals

-   Pharmaceuticals

-   Biofuels

Output: Introduction of economically viable new species and products to
U.S. aquaculture

Development of new species/products that improve producer
profitability/revenue

**Extension/Technology Transfer**

Establish Demonstration Projects for established species in new
regions/locations

**APPROACHES**

[Endemic species]{.underline}

ID and evaluate endemic species not currently cultured that have
existing market demand

Extension demonstrations of known regional species into new areas.

[Polyculture]{.underline}

ID and evaluate species with local/regional/national potential for water
quality improvement

ID and evaluate species with local/regional/national potential to
improve health of primary species

ID secondary/tertiary uses for primary culture effluent, such as algal
harvest

Evaluate under production scenarios in research settings

[Rapid species evaluation tools]{.underline}

Develop web based, user-friendly computer models as decision tools for
evaluating new species.

[Production guidelines for commercialization]{.underline}

Evaluate practical commercial culture technology

EXTENSION: develop guidelines for commercial culture

[Non-traditional products]{.underline}

Identify

Evaluate

Develop Interagency collaborations (e.g. NIH, DOE, NOAA) to demonstrate
efficacy/feasibility