With larvae produced at the Pamlico Aquaculture Field Laboratory (thanks to Dr. Ben Reading and team), we produced over 50,000 metamorphosed striped bass at the MARC Center in our new larval production system.  This system has been developed in conjunction with NOAA/SeaGrant as part of the StriperHub Project.

Thanks to our team led by Mike Frinsko (extension area agent), with help from Chris Pascual (PhD candidate) and staffers Mike, Lane, Donovan and MARC Manager Ryan Kelly our production exceeded expectations.  We learned some great lessons to move this toward commercialization and look forward to next year.