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Aquaculture Facility (CMSR)
Located at 7 FRAN RUSS DRIVE
The University of North Carolina Wilmington's Aquaculture Facility is situated on Harbor Island at Wrightsville Beach, southeastern North Carolina. Established in 1997, this research, educational and developmental facility currently consists of controlled-environment
broodstock holding
systems,
larviculture laboratory
,
nutrition laboratory
, ornamental fish laboratory, experimental
hatchery with live feeds production systems
,
pilot commercial scale hatchery/nursery
, and a variety of experimental
recirculating growout
tank systems. Feed preparation and analytical laboratories are located on site. Aquaculture program staff and student offices are located at the Academic Support Building on UNCW's main campus.