Products Engineering Enviro. The Food Fish Research Program, managed by Andrew Leingang, is researching marine species that can tolerate low salinities, in order to utilize the available land resources in Florida.
Research is focused on intensive production of marine finfish in recirculating systems.
Other studies have examined reproduction, larval rearing, nursery and growout production, nutrition, and health management. A three-year project funded by the Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund is developing the aquaculture techniques to farm southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma . Aquaculture Division staff have successfully spawned southern flounder two years in a row and are currently comparing growth rates in recirculating fresh and saltwater systems during the growout production phase. If you have any questions or suggestions about this page or about any of our aquaculture programs, please send us an e-mail. We will be happy to answer it as soon as we can.