{"content":[{"text":"2010‐2012 Summary of Funded Projects","bbox":{"left":0.283725,"top":0.094905,"width":0.43245999999999996,"height":0.020226999999999995}},{"text":"The�Regional�Aquaculture�Centers�are�funded�through�the�USDA�National�Institute�of�Food� \n and�Agriculture�with�a�history�over�25�consecutive�years.��The�combined�five�regional� \n centers�represent�a�national�program�that�covers�and�reaches�all�states�and�territories�in� \n the�US.�The�program�is�unique�with�the�participation�of�aquaculture�industry� \n representatives�appointed�to�an�Industry�Advisory�Council�who�identify�regional�research� \n and�extension�education�priorities�for�project�development�and�monitor�progress�and� \n outcomes.�Other�project�development�and�oversight�bodies�include�a�Technical�Advisory� \n Committee�and�Board�of�Directors.��","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.135073,"width":0.7583059999999999,"height":0.160717}},{"text":"This�material�updates�past�project�summaries�that�covered�the�period�2005‐2010.��For� \n more�information�about�the�listed�projects�as�well�as�past�projects,�please�visit�the�home� \n page�for�each�of�the�five�Regional�Aquaculture�Centers�that�is�referenced�below.��","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.311133,"width":0.740712,"height":0.05859700000000001}},{"text":"Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture","bbox":{"left":0.240392,"top":0.388996,"width":0.5192220000000001,"height":0.020226999999999995}},{"text":"Director: Cheng‐Sheng Lee, The Oceanic Institute \n Home page: http://www.ctsa.org/","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.431212,"width":0.39012399999999997,"height":0.03363700000000003}},{"text":"Developing Diets for Hawaii Cultured Abalone with Normal Shell Color and High Growth \n Performance Using Local Algae and their Co-products- Years 1 and 2","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.488121,"width":0.754902,"height":0.038409000000000026}},{"text":"Funding level: \n Project start date: \n Duration: \n Participants:","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.540106,"width":0.13729799999999998,"height":0.07240900000000006}},{"text":"$156,000 \n June, 2012 \n 2 Years \n Oceanic Institute (Lead Institution), Big Island Abalone, EN Hutchinson \n Ltd.","bbox":{"left":0.294069,"top":0.540106,"width":0.569592,"height":0.08983300000000005}},{"text":"Abalone is one of the most-prized seafood products in the world and high demand for this \n delicacy has resulted in overfishing of wild stocks. Local cultured abalone producers are \n constrained by a dependence on imported, pelleted feeds that, unless fed in conjunction with \n supplemental algae, result in an abnormal-colored abalone shell. This project is aiming to \n develop a feed that can produce a normal shell color and result in good growth performance of \n abalone. The overall goal is to help Hawaii’s abalone industry become independent of imported \n feeds.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.644576,"width":0.7503329999999999,"height":0.124757}},{"text":"Mitigating the Diseases of Freshwater Cultured Fish Species in Hawaii and the Pacific \n Region","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.801682,"width":0.718807,"height":0.038409000000000026}},{"text":"Funding level: \n Project start date: \n Duration:","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.853667,"width":0.13729799999999998,"height":0.05506000000000011}},{"text":"$97,000 \n May, 2012 \n 1 Year","bbox":{"left":0.294106,"top":0.853667,"width":0.08505500000000005,"height":0.05506000000000011}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}